The way to the top opened up for Ronald Mkhize, brand ambassador for Graham Beck Wines, when he realised he was engaged in a career, not just doing a job.

The wine industry needs a new strategy to revitalise and grow local wine consumption and sales.

Talking and writing about China as a growing market for wine exports has become a bit like discussing our President’s extravagant estate – everyone has an opinion, but nobody really knows what is going on.

Particularly after this week’s Celebration of Chardonnay – presented at De Wetshof – I certainly wouldn’t mind floating about in some ice cold Chardonnay.

“Wine economics” is a broad, but catchy phrase that was popularised by economics professor and author Mike Veseth

This weekend it was my turn to select the 15 wines to be tasted for the November issue’s Which Wine tasting – a monthly feature, where a selection of wines are bought off the shelf and tasted by a panel of experts.

The current 2009 vintage of the Simonsig Tiara illustrates just how constant innovation takes place at this winery with the first time addition of Malbec to the blend.

Méthode Cap Classique Association chairperson Pieter Ferreira jokingly said that anyone who spends a morning tasting through a line-up of 43 base wines, has to have bubbles in his or her blood.

While browsing around on my daily skinder search today,

Retief Goosen, often called “The Goose”, is known as one of the coolest customers in the world of golf.