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Glen Carlou winemaker David Finlayson

"I was fascinated by the guys opening and closing the tanks, so I opened one and was blown off my feet!" says Glen Carlou winemaker David Finlayson of his bacchanalian baptism, with a sheepish grin.
 

Henri Swiegers

"Rich, yellow gold. Orange concentrate, peaches, dried apricots, honey and rubber whiffs. Tangy sweet-sour citrus marmalade flavours." This is what gave the first ever Diners Club Young Winemaker of the Year his prize. Leonie Joubert journeyed through the Huguenot Tunnel to visit the young man behind the wine.
 

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.
 

'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.
 

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.
 

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.
 

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.
 

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.
 

In the shadow of Shaka, KwaZulu-Natal

Since the first vine was eased into the virgin Constantia soils back in the 1650s, wines have been made almost exclusively in the Western Cape. Little success has been achieved in the northern provinces to date, but now a group of entrepreneurs are taking wine production across the border to KwaZulu-Natal. Leonie Joubert investigated.
 

Loire Landscapes, france

Land of great castles, gentle countryside and fine wines, home to Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc grapes, the Loire is an essential stopping point for any wine-loving visitor to France. Roger Voss reports.
 
 

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