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Six vintages excel in Shiraz SA challenge
Shiraz SA revealed the winners of the 12th annual Shiraz SA Challenge, with six vintages from a wide variety of regions performing excellently. The awards event on Thursday 15 August 2024 brought together finalists and wine industry celebrities at Simonsvlei Wine Cellar in Paarl. The main sponsor…
By SA Wine Industry · 3 min read
De Wetshof offers rare older vintages through Wine Library
De Wetshof Estate CEO Johann de Wet
By Anton Pretorius · 2 min read
New study finds that warm summers and wet winters yield better wine vintages
A research study led by the University of Oxford has found that weather plays an important role in determining wine quality.
By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read
Elegant fruit
Consumers are demanding fruity wines, resulting in a shift to fruit-driven Cabernet Sauvignon in South Africa. Higgo Jacobs:
By Sandile · 2 min read
Five-minute mentor: Katherine Harris
Talking to experts in the wine industry is a huge help to guide the less experienced. This month Wanda Augustyn speaks to wine marketing authority Katherine Harris.
By Wanda Augustyn · 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
Superiority with scale
Big brands that boast quality are known to boost entire regions. South Africa has been less successful at producing quality brands with sizable scale and top marketers agree that this is a real shortcoming.
By Edo Heyns · 7 min read
Where to from here
In February this year I came to the unnerving realisation it was exactly 20 years since this young upstart rocked up to work in a winery for the first time. Unb
By Sandile · 3 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
Romancing Chardonnay
Wine-lovers again gathered at De Wetshof Estate near Robertson to pay homage to Chardonnay
By Edo Heyns · 6 min read
Send your wine samples for Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2017
Register your wines for consideration to the biggest international wine competition, the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB).
By Lee-anne · 2 min read
