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Published on: 23 Nov 04

Pieter Ferreira on Life, Achievements and Bubbly

Half past nine on Sunday morning, and Pieter Ferreira, winemaker at the Graham Beck cellar in Robertson, looks just a touch dishevelled and bleary-eyed.
 
Published on: 28 Oct 04

Eben Sadie (Priorat), Spain

Falset is not a big place in the Priorat, so when you arrive armed with only a few words of Spanish and the assurance that you can ask anyone on the street where the South African winemaker lives, you're delighted, not daunted by the poetic volatility of it all.
 
Published on: 21 Sep 04

Jacques Bruwer - 2004 WINE magazine Amorim Cork Cap Classique Challenge

In Robertson they know mos about mousse: this year's winner of the WINE magazine Amorim Cork Cap Classique Challenge is Bon Courage's Jacques Bruère Brut Reserve 2000. Sara Steer visits its maker, Jacques Bruwer.
 
Published on: 22 Jul 04

Ivy du Toit - Diners Club Young Winemaker of the Year 2003

Ivy du Toit of Rawsonville winery Jason's Hill is the third Diners Club Young Winemaker of the Year. Christian Eedes interviewed her.
 
Published on: 22 Jul 04

John Loubser - Diners Club Winemaker of the Year Award 2003, Constantia

Usually the winner of the Diners Club Winemaker of the Year competition is clearcut: the maker of the wine adjudged best by the tasting jury wins the award. This year a rather unusual situation developed. . . Fiona McDonald reports.
 
Published on: 08 Jun 04

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: BRIAN CROSER (AUSTRALIA)

Visionary winemaker, successful businessman and Fairbairn Capital Trophy Wine Show judge Brian Croser makes a plea for more regionally differentiated wines. Christian Eedes reports.
 
Published on: 08 Jun 04

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: MICHEL BETTANE (FRANCE)

Hugely influential in France, Michel Bettane, judge at the Fairbairn Capital Trophy Wine Show, talks to Marianne Holtman about greatness, garagistes and his cellar back home.
 
Published on: 08 Jun 04

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: TIM ATKIN MW (BRITAIN)

Tim Atkin MW, one of the world's leading wine writers and Fairbairn Capital Trophy Wine Show judge, speaks to Sara Steer about slightly mad winemakers and UK price points.
 
Published on: 05 Mar 04

Peter Finlayson, Walker Bay

It can make you if you get it right, and it can break you if you get it wrong. Pinot is something Peter Finlayson is passionate about in Walker Bay, outside Hermanus.
 
Published on: 05 Mar 04

Wellington Metshane, Swartland

The winner of this year's WINE magazine TOPS at SPAR Pinotage Champion of the Year is Tukulu 2001, produced from grapes grown at Papkuilsfontein in the Swartland. Sara Steer gets the lowdown on this label's road to fame.
 
 

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