See also Richard on a vertical of Iona Sauvignon Blanc and my recent notes on some of the Cape Winemakers Guild wines , as well as the Cape's other, recently highlighted, challenge ....

I recently sat next to an American wine writer who informed me that he didn’t like South African wine and would never visit the country because ‘those people are all racist’. His comment was...

South African wine writer Tim James of www.grape.co.za polled 26 respected observers of the South African wine scene with the questionnaire below*. (I declined, on the basis that I have not been...

Hardly is the northern hemisphere wine harvest over (in fact when last I heard, some Canadian wine producers were yet to pick their 2009 Icewine), than the southern hemisphere harvest begins....

  See a new report on the potential for safely using lighter bottles for sparkling wines here . Unlike most, South Africa's wine industry is doing rather well in terms of exports,...

Our African week continues... Paul Boutinot, pragmatic and successful owner of a wine importing business based in Manchester in the north-west of England, has settled on South Africa to...

We continue our African Week with this report on what Julia tasted recently in South Africa. The most striking aspect of what I tasted in the two days after I finished judging in the...

GS Cabernet 1966 has near-mythical status in South Africa. In this article, originally published in WINE magazine in South Africa, Joanne Gibson ( Normal 0...

In a nutshell : Distinctive reds, a good range of whites, some bargains and increasingly convincing answers to international styles. Main grapes : Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon,...

See also Some great South African wine buys . One of the great mysteries of the world of wine is why South African wine is not more celebrated. The best examples offer wine lovers...

Tomorrow I will publish some enthusiastic tasting notes on a selection of top South African wines, some of which I believe represent real bargains.   My enthusiasm for the South...

At the first day of the annual generic South African tasting in London it was a bit spooky the way that Bruce Jack of Flagstone suddenly materialised by my side at 5pm, expiry of the embargo on...

Tim James, South African wine writer:   Interesting that you comment in wines of the week that, unlike you, 'South Africans seem to prefer their reds'. I wonder if that is...

Chris Keeling, Shrewsbury:   I'm travelling to South Africa this Christmas and want to visit some vineyards and hopefully buy some wine. Have you any recommendations on the...

Owner of Ch Angelus of St Emilion Hubert de Boüard de Laforest tells me he has invested in South Africa with Bruno Prats (ex Cos d'Estournel but now with fingers in pies in the...