Sauvignon Blanc can develop beautifully with age: Top 10 Awards
GIVEN THAT over half the number of entries in the 2022 FNB Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10 Competition were made in 2022, i.e. 86 out of 161 wines from 102 producers, […]
Under R100 for a bottle of one of the Top 10 Pinotage!
GO PULPIT ROCK! At just R90pb, the Brink Family Vineyards 2019 from the Pulpit Rock winery in Riebeek West is one of the standouts among the 2022 Absa Top 10 […]
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 […]
FYN winelist speaks to the nature of this Top 50 restaurant
A JOURNEY of discovery! That’s what they promise to put on your plates and the same can be said about what they pour into your glass. The FYN dining experience […]
Winemag panel favours Bernard Series above 81 other Chenins
“CHENIN BLANC is famously versatile, and it would be wrong to say that any one style prevailed among the top performing wines,” said Winemag editor Christian Eedes in the 2022 […]
Eenzaamheid and Wildeberg excel in SA Shiraz Report
“THE BEST Shiraz is nothing if not peppery and many will have quite grippy tannins as a result of whole-bunch fermentation… Shiraz is for those who aren’t afraid of some […]
Isliedh a Cape classic like none other – admired the world over!
TOP WINE SA Hall of Fame, one of the Top 100 in the 2022 SA Wine Classification, among South Africa’s Top 10 white blends and one of the country’s Wines of the […]
Very, very few wines with a track record as fine as 21 Gables Chenin
TOP WINE SA Hall of Fame, one of the Top 100 in the 2022 SA Wine Classification, among South Africa’s Top 10 Chenins and one of the country’s Wines of the Year […]
Top 10 Classification = superb wine time and again, year after year
THE TOP WINE SA Hall of Fame is one thing, but so exclusive, very limited… Also prestigious is a Top 10 ranking in the South African Wine Classification – each […]
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 […]
Kleine Zalze and Spier do it again in Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10
“THIS YEAR will be remembered as a world-class Top 10,” said Kleine Zalze winemaker RJ Botha, chairman of Sauvignon Blanc South Africa. There were 157 wines entered by 96 […]
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 […]
