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Published on: 30 Jan 06

Michael Fridjhon: December 2005

The SAA Shield - the wine test match between South Africa and Australia - was held 10 years ago in November 1995 and is widely regarded as a watershed event for the Cape wine industry.
 
Published on: 11 Jan 06

Michael Fridjhon: November 2005

It's a bit of an old chestnut, but every time a well-known wine performs badly at a properly managed blind tasting, there's no shortage of otherwise intelligent people wishing to take a tilt at the process or the judges, but never at the wine.
 
Published on: 10 Jan 06

Michael Fridjhon: October 2005

Not since the wedding at Cana has turning water into wine been so fashionable. In California, the process enjoys legal sanction. In South Africa, the authorities appear to be turning a blind eye to what anywhere else would be regarded as a miraculous transformation.
 
Published on: 24 Nov 05

Michael Fridjohn: September 2005

South Africa's market share gains in Europe will come at an unaffordable price as long as the Rand remains relatively strong.
 
Published on: 01 Sep 05

Michael Fridjhon: August 2005

The Wine & Spirit Board was established to be the watchdog of the integrity of the wine industry.
 
Published on: 31 Aug 05

Michael Fridjhon: July 2005

When will South African producers present a united front and commit to the screwtop closure?
 
Published on: 27 Jun 05

Michael Fridjhon: June 2005

Why would any sane person spend R500 to R700 on a bottle of sauvignon blanc?
 
Published on: 02 Feb 05

Pinotage: a blending grape? Michael Fridjhon

Once upon a time, long long ago, winemakers in South Africa - too embarrassed to tell consumers that they depended upon Chenin Blanc for most of the country's white wines - used vague and nondescript terms to market their products.
 
Published on: 12 Mar 04

Pinotage: Quo Vadis? Michael Fridjhon

Pinotage is one of the unique selling points that South African wine has to offer the world. But the debate about the definitive style which should be representative of this grape continues. Michael Fridjhon exhorts producers to take a leaf out of Bordeaux's book.
 
Published on: 12 Mar 04

The Additive Debate: Michael Fridjhon

Acid, wood staves or chips and fining agents are all approved for use in winemaking. Michael Fridjhon debates the use of "other substances" . . .
 
 

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