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Published on: 01 Jan 10

Buying guide: Guala Closures Chenin Blanc Challenge

Chenin Blanc is probably the world’s most versatile grape variety, capable of producing wines in all manner of styles and at all levels of the market.
 
Published on: 23 Dec 09

Buying guide: Red Blends

Blending involves the combination of varieties with different but complementary characteristics to achieve greater complexity.
 
Published on: 16 Nov 09

Buying guide: Nedbank Green Wine Awards

For the inaugural Nedbank Green Wine Awards, producers were asked to submit wine from organically grown grapes, a condition of entry being that submissions be accompanied by valid certification, such as that issued by the Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS).
 
Published on: 20 Oct 09

Sauvignon Blanc Top 10

Sauvignon Blanc possesses purity of fruit and lively acidity. It is the perfect aperitif but is also unobtrusive and refreshing when served with food, ideally suited to lighter, healthier meals.
 
Published on: 01 Oct 09

Buying guide: Cap Classique Challenge

Méthode Cap Classique (MCC) is the South African term to describe sparkling wines made by undergoing a secondary fermentation in bottle, the method traditionally associated with the Champagne region in France.
 
Published on: 01 Sep 09

Buying guide: Shiraz Challenge

When it comes to Shiraz, two broad styles can be discerned, the first the overtly aromatic, medium bodied, 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: 19 Aug 09

Shiraz Challenge 2009 luncheon Video Available

All is revealed... During judging of this year’s WINE magazine Shiraz Challenge, two very different wines emerged as frontrunners for overall honours resulting in a massive debate amongst panel members as to which was most worthy. Here are the two wines.
 
Published on: 05 Aug 09

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 benefit with years of bottle ageing. The two grape varieties that feature most prominently are austere Cabernet Sauvignon and fleshy Merlot, although Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot also play a role.
 
Published on: 01 Jul 09

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: 25 May 09

Buying guide: Pinotage blends

Around the end of the 1990s, there was a strong movement to establish a “Cape Blend” category, wines needing to contain at least 30% Pinotage in order to qualify as such. Official recognition was never forthcoming but a few producers continue to keep the dream alive.
 
 

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