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David & Nadia's 2019 releases

Friday 6 September 2019
Sam Lambson of Minimalist Wines stomping grapes in South Africa

A range of great wines from a Swartland star, and one to grab from a South African debutant (pictured).

This week the new season’s tasting season in London got off to a brilliant start with this year’s New Wave South Africa tasting on Tuesday. There was a massive buzz there as well as a massive crowd and Julia and I will be publishing the tasting notes the two of us made there. One of the star producers, it was widely agreed, was David & Nadia, a husband and wife (winemaker and viticulturist/soil scientist respectively) team we have long followed and appreciated...

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