Top wine panels’ picks at under R150… under R100 even!
HIGHLY recommended, R80 a bottle ex-cellar and still available at the time of writing: Wellington Wines Duke Merlot 2023, one of the winners in the Merlot SA Forum’s 2025 Top […]
Top SA wines under R200pb is one thing, but under R100pb?!
JUST A COUPLE of days was all it took. By Wednesday 11 June, the top-scoring white blend at South Africa’s 2025 Trophy Wine Show was “Sold Out” at the cellar […]
And then there were more seriously good wines at < R150
5 STARS in Platter’s 2025 SA Wine Guide, from one of the country’s top winemakers in Donovan Rall, using grapes grown on the mountains in the back of beyond, priced […]
An invitation to revel in the marvels of the Cape winelands
There’s nothing elitist or intimidating about it. Think of it as going wine-routing, exploring the length, breadth and every corner of the South African winelands with experienced guides to help […]
Top SA Wine Tips at Under R150 – March to August ’24
SOUTH AFRICA’S top-rated wines during the six months to date that are priced at under R150 a bottle – March to August 2024. These are the most highly recommended of […]
Six particularly good value wines at under R150 a bottle
THERE ARE very few SA wines selling for Under R150pb being showcased on Top Wine SA as of May ’24. Which says a couple of things: that prices are climbing, […]
South Africa ranked No. 7 among top wine-producing nations
SPEAKING about the state of the wine industry worldwide from the International Organisation of Vine & Wine headquarters in Dijon, France, the OIV’s director general John Barker (of New Zealand) […]
Best of The Best Under R250pb – 2024 SA Wine Classification
LESS THAN R100 a bottle for one of the most consistently highly rated wines over the past 10 years might seem impossible, and yet… While the majority of the 132 […]
Very best value at under R150 a bottle – according to the experts
THE VERY BEST wines of South Africa at under 150 rand a bottle as reviewed by the top panels of experts locally and internationally in 2023. There is even a […]
Under R150 and Classified – great value wine year after year
MANY STOPPED paying attention to the Michelangelo Awards when it was pointed out that, like the South African Young Wine Show, the entries include tank- and barrel-samples, i.e. wines that […]
What are the best SA wines at under R150? And at under R100?
MOST of South Africa’s top-rated wines these days cost over R250 a bottle – more than 300 of the wines scored 93 points plus in 2023 to date are positioned […]
IWSC gold medallists include bargain from Boekenhoutskloof
HAVING achieved 95/100 for the current release of their flagship red blend at the Decanter World Wine Awards in London, Constantia Glen went one better with a score of 96 […]
