5 scored 98 in Platter’s guide: 3 Chenins, 1 Pinotage, 1 Shiraz
[spacer height=”20px” id=”2″]THERE are SIX producers in various parts of the Cape winelands who are most applauded in the 2024 edition of Platter’s South African Wine Guide. Congratulations to The […]
26 Wines of the Year in Platter’s 2023 SA Wine Guide
ANNOUNCED in advance of the book going on sale at retail stores around 10 December, the award winners showcased in the 2023 edition of Platter’s South African Wine Guide include […]
Vergelegen, DeMorgenzon and Cavalli star in Winemag’s so-called Top 20
WHAT TO LIKE about Winemag‘s pick of South Africa’s ‘Top 20 Wines’ in 2021, ‘The Best Wines in South Africa’ and their choice of ‘Winery of the Year’? Well, good […]
Best red, leading cellar… Tokara dominates top Winemag ratings in 2020
AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT! A Top 10 rating for every red and white that Tokara submitted for assessment in the various Winemag reports of 2020, with three of the bottlings judged best […]
None of Platter’s 28 ‘Wines of the Year’ from their ‘Winery of the Year’?
IN THE 2021 edition of Platter’s South African Wine Guide, the number of 5 Star laureates runs to 210 – in the 2020 edition there were 125, a year before […]
Platter’s 2021 SA Wine Guide under fire even before book goes on sale
THE LAUNCH of Platter’s 41st South African Wine Guide has not gone smoothly, to say the least. In advance of the hardcopy version reaching the book stores, the publishers chose […]
Top cellar at Trophy Wine Show appears to have done it again in Platter’s
WAITING AND WONDERING… First the publishers put the word out that the Winery of the Year in their 2021 edition of Platter’s SA Wine Guide will be announced to the […]
The Most Raved-About South African Wines in 2019 – Top Two Dozen
[metaslider id=”27246″] CONTENDERS for the title of SA Wine of the Year? Winery of the Year? Winemaker of the Year? Clearly some awards and ratings count more than others. […]
SA Winery of the Year, SA Winemaker of the Year… Spoilt for choice
WITH JUST weeks to go until the end of 2016, the spotlight shone on a few of the Cape’s top wineries and winemakers more brightly than usual. Shiraz/Chenin specialist Andrea […]