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Clash of the titans: Bordeaux 2016 vs South Africa 2017

16 October 2026

A wine can look very good in isolation. Put it alongside its counterparts from the rest of the world, and the context changes. In a tasting billed as “Clash of...

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Kruger Family Wines new releases

15 October 2026

Johan Kruger won the Diners Club Young Winemaker of the Year award in 2005 for his Sterhuis Barrel Selection Chardonnay 2004. That was more than 20 years ago, so the...

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Podcast: The Cold Soak – with guest JD Pretorius, CWG chairman

14 October 2026

Introducing The Cold Soak, a podcast where we take a look at what’s been happening in South African wine – new releases, industry chatter, bold moves and questionable decisions. Hosted...

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Shannon new releases

12 October 2026

The 2024 vintage saw Johann Fourie of Benguela Cove replace Gordon Newton Johnson of Newton Johnson Family Vineyards as contract winemaker for Shannon Vineyards, the Elgin label owned by Stuart...

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Raats new releases

8 October 2026

“Polkadraai Hills might as well be Mars, the rest of Stellenbosch Venus,” Bruwer Raats is fond of repeating, having championed the ward’s granite soils since establishing his label in 2000....

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Prescient Summer Series 2026: Call for entries

8 October 2026

Category Reports, sponsored by Prescient Fund Services, are being released across four seasonal series: Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. The first three are now complete, with Summer still to come....

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Swerwer new releases

8 October 2026

Jasper Wickens established the Swerwer label in 2012 while working as an assistant winemaker alongside Adi Badenhorst. He later moved operations to Waterval in the Paardeberg after marrying Franziska Schreiber...

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Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2026 sales figures

7 October 2026

The 42nd Cape Winemakers Guild Auction, held on 2 and 3 October, generated R18.22m in sales, up 5.9% on 2025. There were 2,220 cases sold, versus 1,912 last year, an...

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Top wines of September 2026

1 October 2026

Here are our seven most highly rated wines of last month: Damascene Stellenbosch Syrah 2025 – 99 (read original review here) Damascene Swartland Chenin Blanc 2025 – 98 (read original...

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Michael Fridjhon: Why is Burgundy 10 times more expensive than the Cape?

14 October 2026

One of the abiding lessons from the famous Judgement of Paris tasting hosted 50 years ago by the late Steven Spurrier in Paris is the discrepancy between the price points...

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Editorial: A tumultuous two decades in Cape wine

12 October 2026

South Africa’s national wine-grape vineyard peaked at just over 102,000 hectares in 2006, following the red-wine planting boom that began after political transformation in the 1990s. It has been in...

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Tim James: Who really wins at wine auctions?

12 October 2026

The Strauss & Co wine auctions began in 2019, in good time to benefit, as is clear in retrospect, from the pandemic that was soon to hit us. The stated...

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12 top restaurants set for Taste of Cape Town

14 October 2026

Taste of Cape Town takes place at Green Point Cricket Club on 28 and 29 November, with 12 restaurants including La Colombe, FYN, Vuur, Upper Union, EDGE Africa and Basson...
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Prescient Fund Services Chardonnay Report 2026: Top 10

6 October 2026

Introduction This year’s Chardonnay Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by Prescient Fund Services is now out. There were 54 entries from 41 producers and these were tasted blind (labels...

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Prescient Fund Services Cabernet Sauvignon Report 2026: Top 10

6 October 2026

Introduction This year’s Cabernet Sauvignon Report sponsored by Prescient Financial Services is now out. There were 71 entries received from 51 producers and these were tasted blind (labels out of...

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Prescient Fund Services Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report 2026: Top 10

6 October 2026

Introduction This year’s Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report sponsored by global financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 48 entries from 38 producers and these were tasted blind...
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