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Opinion & Analysis

Greg Sherwood MW: Is the fine wine market starting to bounce back?

18 February 2026

After this year’s highly successful Wine Paris wine trade fair, the wine world seems to have rediscovered a notional amount of new momentum and positivity. How long this sentiment will...

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Opinion & Analysis

Editorial: Wine and young drinkers? They’ll be alright (probably)

17 February 2026

There’s a persistent anxiety among wine commentators over 40: the fear that the under-40s simply aren’t interested in wine. Read a highbrow editorial or attend a tasting and you’ll hear...

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Reviews

Solo new releases

16 February 2026

After 32 harvests at Stellenbosch property Hartenberg, Carl Schultz left Hartenberg last year to go it alone. Fellow winemaker and friend Philip Constandius let him have the brand name “Solo”...

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Rickety Bridge new releases

13 February 2026

Englishman Simon Crosbie, who initially trained as a geologist before later acquiring an MBA, is adamant that his family “bought a wine estate, not a hospitality estate” when they acquired...

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3 June 2022

Winemag.co.za exists both to celebrate South Africa’s best wines and as a forum where ideas can be exchanged and opposing arguments can be put forward towards determining the best outcomes...

10-Year-Old Wine Report 2026: Call for entries

12 January 2026

One of the most important measures of great wine is that it should be age-worthy and with this in mind, Winemag.co.za is running the tenth annual 10-Year-Old Wine Report. Producers...

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Reviews

Jordan Assyrtiko 2025

12 February 2026

Stellenbosch property Jordan is home to South Africa’s first mother block of Assyrtiko, planted in 2019, with the maiden release in 2022. The wine has tended to disappear quickly, as...

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News

SA Wine Harvest Commemorative Event 2026

6 February 2026

The SA Wine Harvest Commemorative Event is held annually at the beginning of February in commemoration of the first vintage on South African soil in 1659. This year, five industry...

News

Top wines of January 2026

2 February 2026

Here are the three wines to rate 95+ last month: Boekenhoutskloof Goldmine 2024 – 96 (read original review here) Meerlust Rubicon 2023 – 95 (read original review here) Swerwer Tiernes...

Opinion & Analysis