Plettenberg Bay's Newstead Lund Family Vineyards wins 2024 Cap Classique Challenge with their 2017 Brut Blanc de Blancs - ...

Domaine des Dieux on the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge to specialise in Cap Classique sparkling wine, bottle-fermented according to the traditional / Champagne method ...

South Africa’s top wine producers over the past 10 years – the best track records from 2014 to 2023 (inclusive) According to the top panels – the experts’ rankings of South African wines as reviewed ...

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 Paarl was another, ...

FOR THE Ferreiras to call the second super-premium wine from their Stellenbosch estate ‘Tokara Simonsberg Cabernet Sauvignon' is intriguing. The vines that the grapes come from for this ...

The SA Wine & Cellar Classifications, updated annually since 2004, are based on the top ratings by the most respected panels locally and internationally when it comes to assessing wine quality and ...

There’s nothing elitist or intimidating about it. Think of it as going wine-routing, exploring the length, breadth and every corner of the South African winelands with experienced guides to help show ...

THE MICHELANGELO wine tastings at Southern Sun's Rosebank Hotel (JHB) and Garden Court uMhlanga (DBN) in April/May are appealing. Although the timing is rather unusual… Now into its 27th year since ...

IT WAS A tussle between Meerlust and Kanonkop for the highest price fetched by South African wine at Strauss & Co's ‘Bordeaux Auction' conducted online mid-April 2024 – R4885pb paid for both a ...

SCHENKFONTEIN! Where's that? Stofjas! What's that? Thor Semillon nothing to do with the Marvel fantasy! Port Capital comes second? Best value gold medallist a Shiraz at just R115 a bottle… Some ...

DEMORGENZON, Kleine Zalze and Spier of Stellenbosch, Leeuwenkuil of Paarl, Lomond of Gansbaai in Cape Agulhas, Saronsberg of Tulbagh, Survivor from Overhex in Worcester… Names regularly associated ...

Gold medallists again and again. PATIENCE required… The 2022 Saronsberg Shiraz came top at the 2024 Syrah du Monde held in the Rhône, France. This just weeks after the Tulbagh cellar struck gold with ...