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Published on: 21 Oct 10

Buying guide: Sauvignon Blanc

Wine magazine’s annual ‘great white’ issue features ratings of all white varietals (with the exception of Chenin Blanc, dealt with in its own category in the February issue of Wine).
 
Published on: 24 Sep 10

Buying guide: Amorim Cork Cap Classique Challenge

Méthode Cap Classique (MCC) is the South African term to describe sparkling wines made by means of a secondary fermentation in bottle, the technique traditionally associated with the Champagne region in France. The wines are given their bubbles by carbon dioxide, a by-product of the fermentation process that is allowed to escape during the normal fermentation process.
 
Published on: 01 Sep 10

Buying guide: Bordeaux-style red blends

The Bordeaux region in the southwest of France is famous for its red blends, the best of which have the ability to mature with years of bottle ageing.
 
Published on: 02 Aug 10

Global Trader Shiraz Challenge 2010

When it comes to Shiraz, two broad styles can be discerned, the first the overtly aromatic, mediumbodied but densely-structured wines typical of France’s Rhône, and the second being the darkly coloured, full-fruited wines made according to South Australia’s Barossa Valley template.
 
Published on: 02 Jul 10

Buying guide: Muscadel

Muscat de Frontignan is the name by which Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains, the finest of many Muscat wine varieties, is known in South Africa. It is a white grape variety but a red mutation also occurs. The epithet of Muscadel applies to fortified wines - grape juice that has been fortified with grape spirit.
 
Published on: 02 Jul 10

Buying guide: sweet wines

Though Natural Sweet, Noble Late Harvest and Vin de Paille (Straw Wine) are all styles of sweet wine, their respective methods of production differ significantly.
 
Published on: 04 Jun 10

Buying guide: Pinotage

In SA, Pinotage is the eighth most widely planted variety, making up 6% of the total area under vineyard at the end of 2008.
 
Published on: 19 Apr 10

Buying guide: Pinot Noir

Though a notoriously difficult grape to work with on account of how fragile it is, Pinot Noir is capable of making red wines of great refinement and elegance.
 
Published on: 26 Mar 10

Buying guide: Cabernet Sauvignon

The traditional home of Cabernet Sauvignon is Bordeaux, particularly the so-called Left Bank vineyards situated west of the Gironde river and incorporating such famous appellations as Margaux, Pauillac, St-Estèphe, St-Julien and, further south, Graves.
 
Published on: 22 Feb 10

Buying guide: Merlot

Merlot is the most widely planted variety in Bordeaux, especially celebrated for the role it plays in the great wines of St-Émilion and Pomerol.
 
 

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