Celebrating 10 years of memorable wines

The Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show is SA’s most prestigious wine competition and will highlight our country’s top achievers in the 2011 ICONS guide.

Unpronounceable wine labels

Will South African wines fare better in overseas markets if their labels were easier to pronounce?

Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show 2011 concluded

From 9 to 12 May a total of 1 062 wines were analysed by international and local judges at the Grande Roche in Paarl.

Influential wine critics

Is the pen mightier than the buy-one-get-one-free special? It depends who’s wielding the pen. Joanne Gibson considers the influence of international wine critics and profiles some of the most important.

Easy hot apple toddy

There are times when alcohol isn’t sufficiently warming on its own, when the very words ‘on ice’ are enough to have you considering a hot chocolate instead of a cocktail. Joanne Gibson finds reprieve from the winter months in a hot toddy.