1st Global Cabernet Franc Masters dominated by… SA
“EXQUISITE” is how the top wines were described by judges at the inaugural Global Cabernet Franc Masters hosted by The Drinks Business publication in the UK, where South African producers […]
New lunch spot on Simonsberg Wine Route, Stellenbosch
IF YOU DEFINE the Simonsberg Wine Route in Stellenbosch as including those cellars on either side of the R44 between the boundary with Paarl to the north and Stellenbosch suburbia […]
Mhudi among triumphant Cape wines at Global Chenin Masters
NEW ON the radar. Out of the blue, as it were… The Rangaka family’s M’hudi wine business on their farm in Stellenbosch was founded nearly 20 years ago, but it’s […]
Today Cape Cab Franc lovers spoilt for choice – 2023 update
CABERNET FRANC is top of mind for many wine lovers, particularly at Carnival time in the Cape winelands. No longer are South Africa’s leading examples confined to Stellenbosch. See below […]
Paul Cluver and Glen Carlou best overall at Trophy Wine Show
ELGIN’S Paul Cluver, whose 2020 Estate Chardonnay was the top-scoring white at the 2022 Trophy Wine Show, has a distinguished track record for producing some of South Africa’s finest Chardonnays […]
Maestro Red rated ‘extraordinary, profound’ – Cape Bordeaux Report
HOW ABOUT THAT! Two of South Africa’s top-scoring wines in the 2021 Prescient Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report come from cellars in Stellenbosch Kloof, the third from a winery a […]
Five Generations Cab ranks among Top 50 at 2021 World Wine Awards
AMAZINGLY, given the ramifications of COVID-19 disaster restrictions internationally, there was a record number of entries from producers in 56 countries vying for a top spot in the Decanter World […]
Trizanne and Kleine Zalze among big winners at Trophy Wine Show 2020
97/100 was the top score awarded at the 2020 edition of the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show. The wine: Shiraz, from grapes harvested near Elim, Cape Agulhas, a 2018 Reserve […]
Five Cape Blends honoured with Perold awards – one named after mentor
IT WAS WITH the announcement of the 2020 Absa Top 10 Pinotage Competition winners imminent that the Pinotage Association released the names of the Top 5s in their Perold Absa […]
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 […]
Vilafonté Napa Valley lot attracts highest bid at Cape Wine Auction
HAVING RAISED over R17-million from the charitably-minded who attended the 2020 edition of The Cape Wine Auction at Boschendal in Franschhoek, the event increased the total amount raised since the […]
