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I wonder if it counts as name-dropping to mention three such Cape wine luminaries as Chris Alheit, Rosa Kruger and Lukas van Loggerenberg on one...
There was a time when, while waiting for a connection home at Heathrow, Schipol or Malpensa, I would wander acquisitively though the duty-free shops to...
The latest thoughtful contribution to this website from Jamie Goode, on the possible coming demise of wine-scoring, or at least of the 100-point version, reminded...
When it comes to public double-acts in the great South African wine show, unexciting competence is the general rule. Exceptions include Paul Jordaan and Eben...
I’m always irritated by the easy invocation of the “wine ladder”, and the similar concept of “entry-level” wines. Or, I suppose, I’m irritated by what...
Recently writing of my especial pleasure in pinotage amongst varieties called on in the modern quest for genuinely light red wines, I didn’t consider cabernet...
In these days of curmudgeonly elderliness I seem to do more re-reading of old favourite books than trying to find new ones. I’ve recently been...
I’m going to miss Abrie Beeslaar at Kanonkop, when in August he pulls back his involvement there to concentrate on his own label. From cellarmaster...
My most enjoyable recent wine experience was not grand – and it was the sort of occasion when the idea of sternly scoring or rating...
Wolves make a modest appearance in Cape wine, though there are inevitably more allusions to the wolf in brands (five, by my count) than there...
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