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 ...

AND THEN there were two… Many who love wining and dining in South Africa's Cape winelands have fond memories of lunching alfresco on the lawn at De Meye Estate along the Muldersvlei Road in ...

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 ...

For an update on all South African wines priced at below R150 a bottle that were highly rated by a top panel during the past six months, click here. Sadly, it won't be long before the price ceiling in ...

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 bit further west of the ...

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 ...

NOT MANY wine producers have access to vineyards in the Elandskloof valley of the Overberg district, Western Cape. Anthonij Rupert Wyne of Franschhoek is one of them, and the Chardonnay grapes from ...

WO Paardeberg. From a 12-year-old dryland vineyard (unirrigated) on top of the mountain. Grapes brought to the cellar in the early-morning, destemmed and sorted to remove unsuitable berries. After the ...

THE CEDERBERG takes precedence for David Nieuwoudt, proprietor of the only cellar in this corner of the South African winelands, but he's had an affair with the winelands of Chile that goes back ...

SOUTH AFRICA achieved three gold medals at the 2024 edition of Chardonnay du Monde in Burgundy, France, with one of the winning wines – the 2023 vintage of Glen Carlou's wooded version – ranked among ...

VIURA, also known as Macabeo, is a white wine grape that originated in Spain, where it is an important variety in the regions of Rioja and Catalonia – also widely planted in the southern regions of ...