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Uys Family Wines new releases

3 July 2025

In 2022, while making wine for a Hemel-En-Aarde property Spookfontein, Nelis Uys launched his own label. He remains based near Hermanus, sourcing locally and from the Swartland, making his wines...

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Greg Sherwood MW: Celebrating a resurgent Constantia Wine Route

3 July 2025

Situated on the breathtaking Cape Peninsula, framed by the dramatic coastline of the Cape of Good Hope and the cold, stormy seas that once carried early settlers—and with them, the...

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Léze Herholdt new releases

3 July 2025

Léze Herholdt is the original go-getter. After earning a degree in Viticulture and Oenology in 2017, she went on to complete an MSc in Wine and Spirits Management at Kedge...

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Rall new releases

29 June 2025

Donovan Rall says he’s “stoked” with the quality the 2024 vintage delivered. “It was non-stop – no wait-and-see moments - but we’ve faced similar seasons before, and we were on...

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Joostenberg Family Blend 2022

26 June 2025

Pizza features regularly on our family menu – quick to make, reliably satisfying. The ideal wine in this context? Something flavourful but not attention-seeking and the Family Red Blend from...

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3 June 2022

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Prescient Fund Services Sauvignon Blanc Report 2025: Call for entries

24 June 2025

Entries for this year’s Sauvignon Blanc Report sponsored by financial institution Prescient Fund Services are now open, sub-categories including 1) Sauvignon Blanc and 2) Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon Blends. Winemag.co.za will be...

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Prescient Fund Services Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report 2025: Call for entries

24 June 2025

Entries for this year’s Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report sponsored by financial institution Prescient Fund Services are now open. Winemag.co.za will be generating a number of category reports throughout the...

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Wolf & Woman new releases

25 June 2025

Jolandie Fouché of Wolf & Woman describes the 2024 vintage as “a game of logistics” on account of being hot and fast-paced. She goes on to say that the result...

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Matthew Copeland to leave Vondeling

2 July 2025

Matthew Copeland, winemaker at Vondeling in the Voor-Paardeberg since mid-2007, is set to move on. Among his many achievements, he helped draft legislation to determine the Méthode Ancestrale category and...

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Top wines of June 2025

1 July 2025

Here are our 19 most highly rate wines of last month:   Alheit Vineyards Fire by Night Chenin Blanc 2024 – 98 (read original review here) Rall Red 2023 –...

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Jamie Goode: Are ‘icon’ wines worth it?

2 July 2025

Are Icon Wines Worth It?  Can any wine justify a sticker price of R10 000, or are they all propped up by hype? How much is too much? When does...

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Melvyn Minnaar: Those quirky international wine days

1 July 2025

A few weeks or days ago it was International Potato Day. I didn’t know about it. Perhaps you did – I mean we are all fans of the mashed, the...

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Tim James: Radio Lazarus – the taste when the vineyard has gone

30 June 2025

I’d thought I should give the great and famous and expensive wines a rest from this column, but then I had a bottle of Alheit Radio Lazarus 2014 and changed...

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Recipe: Lamb meatballs with feta, olives & tomato dip

1 July 2025

Perfect for casual entertaining. Lamb meatball recipe ingredients For the lamb meatballs 500g lamb mince 1½ rounds feta, crumbled 15g parsley, finely chopped 15g mint, finely chopped 4 spring onions,...
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Prescient Fund Services Pinotage Report 2025: Top Six

1 July 2025

Introduction This year’s Pinotage Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 48 entries received from 32 producers and these were tasted blind (labels out...

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Prescient Fund Services Signature Red Blend Report 2025: Top 10

1 July 2025

Introduction This year’s Signature Red Blend Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by financial services company Prescient Fund Services is now out. There were 48 entries from 32 producers and...

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iTOO Next Generation Awards 2025: Top 10

23 June 2025

Introduction Results of the this year's Next Generation Awards sponsored by special risks insurance brand iTOO and convened by Winemag.co.za are live. The aim of this new competition is to...

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