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Wine’s secret ingredient
Ginette de Fleuriot has spent decades helping people understand wine. But she’s not just an expert wine taster, judge and teacher – she’s also a storyteller.
By Wanda Augustyn · 4 min read
What Gen Z wants from wine and why the wine world should listen
‘Gen Z is 42% of the population in South Africa. If we don’t pay attention, we risk losing a generation of wine drinkers,’ warns Vinimark’s Wine Education and Training Manager, Ginette De Fleuriot. At a recent Vinimark Masterclass she hosted, the room was buzzing with one urgent question: How do…
By SA Wine Industry · 3 min read
Red Blend Wine Challenge 2024 – Chair Report
The first Wine Challenge of 2024 organised by Events by Celia, was Red Blends, which took place on February 22nd in Cape Town. It was judged by three experienced tasters, Cape Wine Masters Ginette de Fleuriot and Christine Rudman (as Chair), and well-known journalist and international judge Fiona…
By SA Wine Industry · 3 min read
Malbec Challenge 2021 winners announced
In its third year of running, the Malbec Challenge 2021 had its highest number of entries to date, 32 wines from the 2015 to 2020 vintages, which is just over h
By SA Wine Industry · 4 min read
Cap Classique trends by Vinimark
Like bubbles rising in a flute, Cap Classique is on the ascent. Here are the latest trends and why South Africans are loving it so much.
By SA Wine Industry · 8 min read
Harvesting the future: South African wine continues to transform
As the country celebrates 365 years of winemaking, award-winning wine writer Malu Lambert asks what forces are shaping the future of South Africa’s wine industry, which is evolving exponentially through ongoing innovations, inclusivity and socioeconomic programmes, as well as a commitment to…
By SA Wine Industry · 7 min read
Notes on tasting
How does ‘Cat’s Pee on a Gooseberry Bush’ grab you? This could be one of wine tasting’s most (in)famous quotes. Occasionally, we do need to resort to brutal honesty or shock factor to describe wine, to define that which is rather difficult to pin down - even for a professional. If it were easy, we…
By Vinimark · 5 min read
Notes on tasting
Tasting wine as impartially as possible to evaluate its merits is separate from exercising personal preference and drinking wine for sheer enjoyment. For some consumers, the desire to graduate from casual drinker to aficionado is how ‘swirling, sniffing, spitting types’ are made.
By Vinimark · 5 min read
Local Chardonnay is on the rise
If you were to name Chardonnay as South Africa’s fastest growing category in 2024, you’d be right. According to Head of Insights and Business Advisory at Vinimark, Oelof Weideman, ‘Retailers are becoming more open to stocking Chardonnay and there are currently 504 Chardonnay products available at…
By SA Wine Industry · 4 min read
Context matters: What really rules when judging wine
Master of Wine Cathy van Zyl was there to demystify the complex world of wine scoring, where a point or two can mean the difference between silver success and golden glory.
By SA Wine Industry · 6 min read
Swirl, sniff, sip and story – how narrative makes wine mean more
Long before tasting rooms and Insta-worthy vineyards, there were people. Characters. Romances. Epic treks. And, yes, wine. It turns out that what’s in the bottle often starts with what’s on the page. Because the truth is, the more you know about a wine’s backstory, the more you feel connected to…
By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read
National Wine Challenge 2025 Results: SA’s Top 100 Wines
The National Wine Challenge, the premier SA wine competition open to fine-wine producers, launches the 2025 results
By SA Wine Industry · 14 min read
