Future tastes of Albarino

© Cape Times Friday 17th January 2014 In the world of wine, the biggest globetrotting grape varieties are all French. The French vignerons got themselves organised a lot earlier than…

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Over the barrel

© Cape Times Friday 20th December 2013 Whenever I talk to winemakers about their jobs, I always become rapidly bewildered at the incredible number of choices which face them at…

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Family time, sans whine

© Cape Times Friday 15th November 2013 Parents out there – the countdown has begun! Yes, it’s now a mere three weeks until the school holidays with all that that…

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Pinot Noir reaches new heights

© Cape Times Friday 18th October 2013 Over the years, winemaking has become increasingly scientific, and what started out as an unexpectedly-frothing bucket of split grapes by the side of…

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Ntsiki full force

© Cape Times Friday 20th September 2013 Everyone’s got a dream of something they would like to achieve before they die. It could be the holiday of a lifetime, somewhere…

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