🔒 Power of The Plank

© Cape Times Friday 30th November 2012 Unwooded chardonnays – good, but are they good enough? This is the question I found myself asking after the marvellous De Wetshof Celebration…

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🔒 Giveaway!

Win a case of 6 wines PLUS 2 tickets to the Stellenbosch Wine Festival Wine Expo! The Stellenbosch Wine Festival has gone large this year – stretching itself to 10…

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🔒 Reputation Rescue for Merlot

© Cape Times Friday 19th April 2013 When Miles completely rubbished Merlot in the movie ‘Sideways’, he opened the door to a whole host of bandwagon-jumpers who have so far…

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🔒 How green is your screwcap?

© Cape Times Friday 17th May 2013 I’ve just come back from a fabulous week in Portugal sponsored by the biggest cork manufacturers in the country – Amorim. We ate…

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🔒 Super Chenin

© Cape Times Friday 14th June 2013 When it comes to South Africa’s signature grape, it’s very easy to paraphrase Pliny and say ‘Ex Chenin semper aliquid novi’ – there…

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🔒 Hard work pays off

© Cape Times Friday 19th July 2013 “Wine doesn’t like change, especially not with people.” That’s the opinion of Carl Schultz, now celebrating his twentieth year making wine at Hartenberg…

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