Méthode Ancestrale, Pét Nat… Is it catching on in the Cape?
AA Badenhorst outside Malmesbury in the Swartland was one of the pioneers of South African bubbly made ‘the original way’ invented by the French in the 16th Century. Vondeling of […]
Vondeling now just up the road from Fairview and Spice Route
IF YOUR WINERY is fairly off the beaten track, perhaps your tasting room isn’t attracting quite as many guests as you’d like and you want to bolster your public profile, […]
Rainbow’s End top-scores in ‘Hallo Merlot Top 10’ competition
THE SECOND Top 10 competition organised by South Africa’s Merlot Forum attracted 69 entries from most of the Cape’s wine regions. Notable relative to the inaugural panel tasting was the […]
South Africa’s most highly rated Cabernet Sauvignon in 2022
‘EXTRAORDINARY. Profound.’ That’s what the Winemag judges thought of Koelenhof Winery’s ‘Stellenbosch 1679′ Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 when reviewing it for the 2022 Prescient Report. The only wine among the 64 […]
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 […]
Merlot Forum’s Top 10 include one from Paarl at just R95pb
WHAT TO MAKE of the inaugural Top 10 Merlot Competition organised by the South African Merlot Forum, an industry association whose members include over 40 wine farms. 71 entries from […]
Vondeling Rurale synonymous with Méthode Ancestrale SA
WHY SPARKLING wine made according to the Méthode Ancestral(e) is different relative to bubbly made the ‘traditional’ way – aka Champagne, Cava and Cap Classique – is that the fermentation […]
How about that! There was wonderful bubbly pre Champagne
ANCESTRAL(E)… Oldest method of making sparkling wine, whereby the wine is bottled during the (single) fermentation process, before the completion of alcoholic fermentation. (Excerpt from Mini Wine Encyclopaedia on Top […]
SA Merlot still muddling along in 2021 – according to Winemag Report
‘EXCELLENT’ Merlot they found, but not one of the Top 10 in Winemag’s 2021 Prescient Report was regarded as ‘outstanding’ – none rated higher than 92/100 by the panel comprising editor […]
