Taste what’s possible with the Alvi’s Drift Reserve range
Six exceptional wines, passionately crafted for discerning palates in the relentless pursuit of excellence – the expression of head winemaker Alvi van der Merwe’s drive to explore, to create, to […]
South Africa’s most highly rated white wines in 2023 to date
[metaslider id=”21576″] FROM JANUARY to August 2023, the top panels of wine experts judged some 700 of South Africa’s finest to be at least high silver or gold medal standard. […]
SA Viognier ranges from full frontal to restrained elegance
VIOGNIER. There’s a certain sexiness associated with this aromatic white grape, used to make some of the famous white wines of Condrieu in the northern Rhône, southern France, and planted […]
Field Blend from Jonkershoek Valley quite unlike any other wine
2020 IS THE NINTH vintage of the Field Blend from Stark-Condé, the fruit coming from an unusual vineyard on a slope close to the stream at the bottom of […]
More than ‘braai wine’, Bonfire Hill thanks to a rescue mission of sorts
FOR JUST R69 a bottle you can get a delicious blend of Chenin and Roussanne from Wellington, Grenache Blanc from the Breedekloof and Viognier from Robertson – a mix that […]
Essay White a superior ‘crowd-pleaser’ from M·A·N Family Wines
THERE WAS little fanfare associated with Winemag’s 2020 Cape White Blend Report. Perhaps in part this had to do with the uphill battle to establish a new category which Winemag […]