Vergelegen, DeMorgenzon and Cavalli star in Winemag’s so-called Top 20
WHAT TO LIKE about Winemag‘s pick of South Africa’s ‘Top 20 Wines’ in 2021, ‘The Best Wines in South Africa’ and their choice of ‘Winery of the Year’? Well, good […]
Banghoek cellars form new Stellenbosch wine route – unofficially for now
THERE ARE some who would like to change the name to Banhoek (without the ‘g’), but be that as it may. The valley in the eastern reaches of the Stellenbosch […]
SA Sauvignon Blanc in delightfully good shape – Winemag Report
THERE WERE 125 entries from various parts of the South African winelands submitted for Winemag’s 2021 Prescient Sauvignon Blanc Report. Most were unwooded, some were wooded and some comprised blends […]
Top winery destinations include 10 of South Africa’s national treasures
WHO WOULD have thought that of the Top 100 winery destinations in the world, seven are in Lebanon, three in Russia? None in China, surprisingly enough, but there’s at least […]
Tokara wins trophy for best wine at international Mondial du Sauvignon
THERE WERE OVER 1200 wines from around the world gathered for assessment at Mondial du Sauvignon (Blanc) 2021 in Brussels, Belgium. The contest involved some 40 judges who deliberated […]
Best red, leading cellar… Tokara dominates top Winemag ratings in 2020
AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT! A Top 10 rating for every red and white that Tokara submitted for assessment in the various Winemag reports of 2020, with three of the bottlings judged best […]
Half a dozen SA wines fetch over R2000 a bottle at Strauss & Co Auction
STELLENBOSCH and Swartland cellars fetched the highest prices for South African reds and whites offered at the Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auction of 10-year-olds conducted online in October 2020. […]
Two beauties from Delaire Graff star in Winemag’s Chardonnay Report
THE ODDS are stacked in favour of the top-rated Chardonnay in SA Winemag’s 2020 Prescient Report coming from either Elgin or Stellenbosch. The announcement of who and what got the […]
The Innocent Syrah again found ‘guilty’ of great value in Winemag Report
AT R94 A BOTTLE, ‘The Innocent’ Syrah 2018 from the Lammershoek (lambs’ corner) farm outside Malmesbury is the only wine among the Top 10 in Winemag’s 2020 Prescient Shiraz Report […]
Did Warwick take it, or Zorgvliet perhaps… Bordeaux-Style Blend Report
ACCORDING to the buying guide / cellar-door prices for the panel’s favourites in Winemag’s 2020 Prescient Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report, Org de Rac of Piketberg in the Swartland could […]
Helderberg cellars account for three of the Top 10 in SA Cabernet Report
100 SUBMISSIONS from 78 producers was an impressive level of involvement by the South African wine industry in Winemag’s 2020 Prescient Cabernet Sauvignon Report. Most of the top seeds participated, […]
Can the Cape winelands’ big hitters in 2019 do it all over again?
IN THE Liquid Assets column of Independent Media’s Personal Finance magazine published in the first quarter of 2020 (see below), four of South Africa’s leading wine producers were in the […]
