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Published on: 19 Dec 02

Robertson Rallies, Robertson

If one region outside the immediate Cape area stands out for having established the quality of a clutch of estates, and good co-op wine too, it is Robertson further down the Breede River Valley towards the Indian Ocean. Add to this sufficient limestone to support substantial stud farming and you have a useful white wine region, with a growing reputation for reds." - The World Atlas of Wine; Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson; Mitchell Beazley, 2001.
 
Published on: 19 Dec 02

Stellenbosch offspring, Stellenbosch

The heart of the Cape Winelands is a myriad of different terroir characteristics; 'Wine of Origin Stellenbosch' doesn't tell the full story. Philip van Zyl gets site specific.
 
Published on: 19 Dec 02

Willful and winsome Franschhoek Valley, Franschhoek

The Franschhoek vignerons are a wilful group of individualists. A visit to their valley will expose you to a hotbed of differing modus operandi, styles and tastes – reflected in their cellars and now, increasingly, in their wines. What they share is passion for their product. WENDY TOERIEN prepares you for a wine route full of unexpected surprises.
 
Published on: 29 Nov 02

New Zealand's famous Marlborough region

The land of the long white cloud - and home to more four-legged woolly inhabitants than humans - burst onto the global wine scene a decade ago with critically acclaimed Sauvignon Blanc. Graham Howe visited New Zealand's famous Marlborough region earlier this year and reports on his experience.
 
Published on: 30 Sep 02

Lombardy, Italy

Few people outside Italy know much about Valtellina. It's one of the most northerly wine regions in Italy and its pride and joy is Sforzato - also referred to as vino da meditazione. Needing no translation, the understanding is that it's a wine to linger and meditate over. Fiona McDonald visited this Alpine valley of wines.
 
Published on: 26 Sep 02

'Classico' means 'Class', italy

With probably the most ancient formalised wine culture in the world, the emotively beautiful hills between the rival cities of Florence and Siena are enjoying a second renaissance. It’s not always been so, as Tony Mossop CWM reports.
 
Published on: 26 Sep 02

Aristocratic Ancestry , france

Lafite. Latour and Mouton-Rothschild are great wines whose names just trip off the tongue. What this triumverate of Bordeaux First Growths have in common is their appellation - Pauillac. Recounting the tale of his visit to all three is Andre Pretorius.
 
Published on: 26 Sep 02

Cliquot uncorked , france

WINE magazine and Michael Fridjhon host the most sybaritic wine weekend on the local calendar on the 3rd and 4th of August. A highlight of the Michael Fridjhon WINE Experience 2002 will be the Veuve Clicquot Champagne brunch at Johannesburg's Park Hyatt Hotel.
 
Published on: 26 Sep 02

Down Under, Australia

Decisions, decisions. Australia has over 50 wine Regions, many vast and far apart. And three times more wineries than SA. Michael Fridjhon weighs up the options for SA wine lovers considering a vacation on the southern continent.
 
Published on: 26 Sep 02

Fabled first growths , france

Châteaux Haut-Brion and Margaux have worn the mantle of First-Growth wines since the inception of the 1855 classification. Andre Pretorius shares his impressions after visiting both Bordelais institutions recently.
 
 

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