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Site-specific wines shine in the 2024 FNB Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10
Producers of South Africa’s top-selling cultivar make exceptional site-specific wines. In a closely contested challenge, the judging panel of the 2024 FNB Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10 awarded no less than seven wards, six districts, and three regions.
By SA Wine Industry · 4 min read
Top Cape wine producers team up to launch Cape Vintner Classification (CVC)
The Cape’s leading wine producers have launched an independent association to build South Africa’s reputation as a producer of world-class wines and promote the
By Anton Pretorius · 3 min read
Neil Ellis celebrates 35 years of vineyard-selected wines
This year, Neil Ellis Wines, the pioneer wine producer in site identification, grape sourcing and site-specific wines, will celebrate its 35th anniversary since
By Anton Pretorius · 3 min read
Fifth annual Hemel-en-Aarde Pinot Noir Celebration
The South African wine growing region, Hemel-en-Aarde, needs no introduction. Situated a shell’s throw from the beautiful coastal town of Hermanus, this prestigious region in the Walker Bay district produces site specific wines of excellence.
By Bernard Mocke · 3 min read
The era of change
“As it finds itself today, I predict that we have reached the most exciting period yet. An age so exhilarating that the energy driving it is almost tangible – w
By Elona Hesseling · 3 min read
Shaking off the shackles
South Africa’s bigger wine companies have access to the best vineyards and should therefore be making the best wines in the country. Jeanri-Tine van Zyl and fellow wine writers argued the point with a tasting of two local trump cards.
By Sandile · 6 min read
The myth of natural winemaking
A myth can be defined as a popular viewing of a natural process. If grapes are consequently left to ferment without any additives to form wine, it can be seen a
By Sandile · 4 min read
Understanding and measuring tannins in red wines
The importance of phenolic compounds on wine quality require methods that accurately measure the tannin content.
By Jose Luis Aleixandre-Tudo, Mihaela Minhea and Wessel du Toit · 9 min read
Guava tree and cat's pee (Part 4)
PHOTO: Hendrik Holler (Wosa Library).
By Carien Coetzee · 5 min read
A steep hill to climb
At the recent Simei@drinktec trade fare in Munich, the state of heroic viticulture in Europe was given exposure during two presentations.
By Johannes Richter · 3 min read
Sauvignon blanc – role of phenotypic plasticity in cultivar typicity
PHOTO: Shutterstock.
By Doronae · 8 min read
Fusion of wine, fynbos, cattle, sheep and passion
PHOTO 1. On route to the PaardenKloof cellar.
By Doronae · 4 min read
