Cape Chardonnay impresses at IWC 2024
CHARDONNAYS from Lothian Vineyards of Elgin and Whalehaven of Hermanus were South Africa’s top-scoring gold medallists at the 2024 International Wine Challenge in London. The 2022 vintage from Lothian and […]
Hemel-en-Aarde winelands checklist: where to go, and what for
MANY WOULD ARGUE that their Chardonnay is more impressive than their Pinot, and they make some other outstanding wines here too – with a number of the cellars’ beauties originating […]
Mosaic Top 5 panel chuffed with best SA Pinot Noir, but hardly ecstatic
ANOTHER interesting line-up of wines from that ‘heartbreak grape’. To think that there are so many Pinot Noir producers in South Africa! And kudos to Elgin-based Master of Wine Richard […]
Cab Francs from Rainbow’s End, Anthology and Whalehaven do it again
TO SAY THAT the judges at the 2020 Cab Franc Challenge were impressed with the overall standard of the wines is an understatement: 29 of the 31 South African producers […]
