In April 2013 I visited Craig and Anne Wessels? small Klein Hemel farm in the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde (the first journalist to do so, I like to think; I went

Spending three months or so tasting wines and brandies for Platter is always interesting and a privilege, and frequently a pleasure. But it does mean that

Things are looking good at the Cape Winemakers Guild. I suggested in my last column that there?s a renewed spirit of camaraderie and wine-excitement in

The 35th Nedbank CWG Auction is open to the public and will be held at the Spier Conference Centre outside Stellenbosch on Saturday, 5 October 2019 (buyer

Newton Johnson in Upper Hemel en Aarde, Full Stop Rock selling for around R180 a bottle the understudy to Granum which sells for R345 or so. The 2017

Check out the ?THINGS TO DO IN HERMANUS? just in case you are around for business or pleasure and want quality activities to engage in for the duration that you can spare. It is not just about relaxin

Yesterday, the fifth annual South Africa vs the Rest of the World tasting organized by Tim Atkin and Samantha O'Keefe of Lismore in Greyton took place, this

What to expect from Albariño, the white wine variety associated with Rías Baixas in north-west Spain and now being made by Newton Johnson and more recently

Could yesterday's lunch at Chapman's Peak Hotel to celebrate the release of the maiden-vintage Springfield Albariño 2018 really be the first ever function that

Mirroring the trend of chefs growing ingredients on their own patches of land, a clutch of sommeliers in London are making their own wines in Europe and beyond, to give them something special to sell.