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Neethlingshof Launches Its First Wooded White
Monday, Jan 28 2013
The Neethlingshof estate outside Stellenbosch has launched its first wooded white wine, a blend of the six white cultivars that grow on the farm. Called The Six Flowers, it forms part of the estate&rs ...
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SA Wine Industry Optimistic, Says WOSA
Thursday, Jan 17 2013
Following a few very tough years, the South African wine industry is being buoyed by a new sense of optimism on the back of record export levels, the likelihood of one of the best harvests this year, ...
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Fleur Du Cap Salt Pairing Dinner Returns To Die Bergkelder
Monday, Dec 10 2012
Discover the unusual combination of Fleur du Cap wines and artisanal salts from around the world when salt aficionado, Chef Craig Cormack returns to Die Bergkelder with a three course stunner and dail ...
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Oude Meester Wows New York
Monday, Dec 10 2012
Oude Meester has been awarded the title of Brandy Brand of the Year at the 2012 New York International Spirits Competition. It also earned one of just nine gold medals awarded at the competition acros ...
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Simonsig Chenin Blanc The Easy Going Summer Quaffer
Monday, Dec 10 2012
Simonsig Estate, the family owned landmark wine estate on the outskirts Stellenbosch, has released a new vintage of the fragrant Simonsig Chenin Blanc, the refreshing summer quaffer. ...
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Fryer's Cove Delivers On Promise Of Its Provenance With Platter 5-Star For Fryer's Cove Bamboes Bay Sauvignon 2011
Friday, Dec 07 2012
Unique West Coast vineyard’s locality takes hackneyed phrase “cooling sea breezes” to the edge of the precipice. And, first vintage made in jetty-side winery reaches for the stars. ...
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Winters Drift Wines Stay On Track To Open The Restored Tasting Station In The Historic Elgin Railway Station Building
Friday, Dec 07 2012
Clock strikes as Tasting Station opens on time for the festive season on historic Glen Elgin Farm, home of Winters Drift Wines
Winters Drift Wines, rooted in Elgin history, have opened their Tasting S ...
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Nederburg's Hannes Van Rensburg Earns Major Industry Award
Thursday, Dec 06 2012
Group manager of Nederburg Wine Farms, Hannes van Rensburg, has been honoured by the South African Society for Enology and Viticulture (SASEV). An industry veteran of almost 40 years, he has been awar ...
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Distell Wins Distiller Of The Year Competition In New York
Wednesday, Dec 05 2012
Distell has excelled on the 2012 New York International Spirits Competition, taking three major titles, including Distillery of the Year. The annual US event that claims to be the only contest of its ...
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Du Toitskloof Chenin Blanc Is South Africas Box Wine Champion
Wednesday, Dec 05 2012
Du Toitskloof’s Chenin Blanc has been named the best boxed white wine at the third annual Spit or Swallow Box Wine Awards held at Mercury Live in Cape Town on November 29. The cellar’s Pin ...
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Lanzerac
Wednesday, Dec 05 2012
Although Lanzerac is the home of South African Pinotage, and has built up an enviable reputation for their Pinotage over the years, it boasts a handful of superb wines, which includes the new release ...
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Groote Post Sauvignon Blanc 2012 The Perfect Wine For A Girls Night Out
Thursday, Nov 29 2012
Groote Post’s 2012 Sauvignon Blanc is the ideal wine for a ‘Girls Night Out’, according to the Ultra Liquors 100 Women 100 Wines 2012 Competition, a noteworthy compliment considering ...
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Pongracz Rose Ranked Top 10 In The World Alongside Finest French Champagne
Monday, Nov 26 2012
Pongrácz Rosé has been ranked Top 10 in the world at the 2012 Effervescents du Monde, the international competition held in Dijon, France to find the Best Sparkling Wines in the World in ...
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Bollinger Exceptional Wine Service Award 2012
Monday, Nov 19 2012
Appropriately the winner, Wayve Kolevsohn, of the The Bollinger Exceptional Wine Service Award, was announced on Friday 9 November at Riebeek Kasteel, as part of the Swartland Revolution, a celebratio ...
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Nederburg Is IWSC'S SA Wine Producer Of The Year
Monday, Nov 19 2012
Nederburg has been announced as the 2012 International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) SA Wine Producer of the Year. ...
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Wine Industry Committed To Ethical Trade
Monday, Nov 19 2012
WIETA STATEMENT
At a special meeting of the Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association’s (WIETA) board convened against the backdrop of the protest action, its members issu ...
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Back at Nederburg Where It's More Interesting Than Ever Says Wim Truter
Friday, Nov 16 2012
Wim Truter, who makes Nederburg’s white wines under cellar master Razvan Macici, relishes the versatility of his job, making such a varied range across so many styles, but then he is used to bei ...
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Pioneering Darling Wine Estate Continues To Satisfy Its Many Loyal Customers
Tuesday, Nov 13 2012
Alexanderfontein Wines is the lifestyle brand within the Ormonde Private Cellar collection and comprises three whites and three reds, all single-varietal wines. The current releases are the 2012 vinta ...
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Sip On Flutes Of Pongracz At Kluk CGDT This Summer
Tuesday, Nov 13 2012
Acclaimed South African fashion forward KLûK CGDT welcomes fashionistas this summer with flutes of Pongrácz and a gift of your very own bottle of the ultra-sophisticated prestige cuv&eacu ...
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Boschendal Wines Receive Two 5-Star Ratings From Platter 2013
Monday, Nov 05 2012
Boschendal Wines has been awarded two Five Star ratings from the 2013 John Platter Wine Guide. The Cecil John Reserve Shiraz 2010 and the Boschendal Reserve Chardonnay 2011 were both accorded this hon ...
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