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Vilafonté...vines and wines with personality

Zelma Long, winemaking partner at Vilafonté talks about the aura of vines.
 

Top Pinotage from Viljoensdrift

In the June 2011 issue of Wine magazine, wines from Viljoensdrift wine farm in Robertson were voted tops in the annual Pinotage category review.
 

Cellar door review: Cape Point Vineyards

In prime position on the cool-climate winegrowing map, Cape Point Vineyards now also boasts a pretty cool spot on the tourist beat.
 

Jan Boland Coetzee - the legend with a taste for fine, French wines.

Jan ‘Boland’ Coetzee kicks off his shoes and talks about nature, Château d’Yquem and the industry today.
 

Cellar door review: Uitkyk

This wine and brandy estate, whose name means ‘lookout’, offers a tasting experience that combines the traditional and the trendy.
 

The story of Spatz Sperling

Spatz Sperling came from Germany to South Africa with little more than a pocket of cash. He found a home in Stellenbosch, on a farm previously known as De Drie Sprong – now Delheim – and the local wine industry is the richer for it.
 

L’Avenir wine farm

Not sure how to pronounce the French name of Stellenbosch wine farm L’Avenir? “It’s easy,” laughs CEO and cellarmaster Tinus Els. “Every time you drink a glass, just remember that there’s ‘love in here’!”
 

Cellar door review: Signal Hill Wines

Urban vibrancy is the backdrop to this wine tasting experience in the city bowl of Cape Town, along with the oldest recorded vine in the southern hemisphere.
 

Remembering Alto

Alto wine farm represents a noble era in South Africa’s winemaking history in which winemaker ‘Oom’ Piet du Toit played a pivotal part. One of South Africa’s living legends, this winemaker now remembers a bygone age.
 

Meet the Luddites

From the harvesting of grapes through to the making of sausages from ‘happy’ pigs, it’s evident that Luddite is a wine farm that lives up to its name.
 
 

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