David and Jeanette Clarke of wine agents Ex Animo have a series of small batch wines which they bring to market, always striving to give credit where it?s

According to Cape Town-based Musgrave Spirits, South Africa has seen over 400 new craft gins hit the market since the movement took off in 2016 (although

Plaisir de Merle, Paarl. After 45 years of corporate ownership by producer-wholesaler Distell, the Simonsberg-Paarl property Plaisir de Merle has been

By now, everybody should know that 2015 and 2017 are the two great vintages of recent times, at least when it comes to Stellenbosch reds and therefore a

In an effort to simplify brand architecture, Nederburg?s top two offerings, Two Centuries and Private Bin have been consolidated into a single tier. In

Despite being the source of many excellent wines, observed my colleague Tim James a few weeks ago, Paarl has a rather lacklustre image. ?Perhaps the

Early this year (remember then ? before things unrolled so weirdly?), I wrote suggesting that for South African wine this was to be the decade of

I have it on good authority (the urgings of every supermarket I enter, for instance) that a Festive Season is nigh. A modest suggestion, then, for

Wines from the 2016 vintage generally do not have the greatest reputation ? growing conditions were exceptionally hot and dry and of course, it was

Yesterday, a vertical tasting from 2010 to 2020 of the Pofadderbos Sauvignon Blanc from Strandveld in Elim (no 2014 as not a single bottle remains).