Top Chenin Blanc SA over past six months to date – June 2023
AS THE 2023 Chenin Safari was winding down, with the final leg of the six-week challenge just around the bend, who would be strutting their stuff at the festival in […]
Stellenrust maintains 100% record at Top 10 Chenin Challenge
A NUMBER of things come to mind on perusal of the 2022 Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge results. One is how many of the top wines originate in […]
Top quality, great value SA Chenin endorsed by Decanter panel, UK
2022 HAD ALREADY got underway when Decanter (UK) announced the names of their Wines of the Year 2021. Experts around the world and on the Decanter team nominated those wines […]
Experts agree: ‘Top 10’ Chenins show detail, refinement, complexity
HOW ABOUT THAT! Less than a month after the 2020 Bernard Series Old Vine Chenin in DGB’s Bellingham portfolio was included among South Africa’s Top 10 Challenge winners, it went on to […]
South African Chenin Blanc just isn’t what it used to be… It’s better!
CONSISTENCY is a wonderful thing, as is the emergence of new stars and the resurgence of others. It would be surprising should Stellenrust and DeMorgenzon not feature among the Top […]
Top 10 competition showcases consistency of leading Pinotages
IS IT JUST a figment of the imagination or does that bottle of Stellenbosch 1679 stand out front and foremost among the 2021 Absa Top 10? Picture (above) courtesy of the […]
IWC panels loved SA Chardonnay, Chenin, Pinot… Cab, Shiraz less so
FRANCE and Australia were the most successful nations at the 2021 International Wine Challenge in London, one of the biggest competitions of its kind – thousands of entries from over […]
Three top Cape Chenins at under R100 a bottle – no matter what vintage!
THREE CHENINS recommended in the 2020 Uber Value SA wine guide are also to be found in the 2020 SA Wine Classification, which makes them particularly attractive! The thing is, […]
Missionvale Chardonnay wows with 97 out of 100 at IWSC 2020
A DOZEN South African wines earned gold medals at the 2020 International Wine & Spirit Competition in the UK. Top score of 97/100 in this regard went to the 2018 […]
Alvi’s Drift and Stellenrust double up in Chenin Challenge
WHAT a lovely line-up of champions in the Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge. Not one from a cellar in the Swartland, Bot River or Paarl in 2020… But hey, […]
SA wines from really old vines several dozen and counting
OLD AGE isn’t always a good thing when it comes to grape vines, but man, in many instances, can it make a positive difference to what’s in the glass! Big […]