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Waitrose spring 2026 recommendations
Great buys available in the UK and farther afield – including some naturally lower-alcohol wines. Above, left to right: Reon Richter, Leana Coetzee, Mari Branders, Juandre Bruwer – the core...
Andy Howard MW
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Drink more Chenin!
Jancis makes a suggestion. A version of this article is also published by the Financial Times. See also South Africa’s star – Chenin Blanc in which the many Cape Chenins...
Jancis Robinson
• 1 min read
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These days, if something goes viral, it's considered a big success. But not when that thing is a vineyard.
Leafroll...
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Many congratulations to whomever it was who pushed through the hugely significant plans announced yesterday in South Africa to accelerate...
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I'm afraid I know nothing about golf – except that Tiger Woods was a naughty boy and that two high-profile...
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I reckon the most controversial wine in the world would be biodynamic, 'natural' and made from Pinotage. Nothing quite polarises...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See recent tasting notes on Some...
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See also Richard on a vertical of Iona Sauvignon Blanc and my recent notes on some of the Cape Winemakers...
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Richard Hemming with a terrible pun and a foretaste of my collection of tasting notes on some very superior South...
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From £5.79 Find this wine The maiden vintage of this wine offers quite stunning value, although as far as I...
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See also recent tasting notes on Some of South Africa's best wines and Richard's tasting notes on Iona's Sauvignons. Tamlyn...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
For further suggestions from our Purple...
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From ZAR150, €19.95, £16.35 Find this wine When Wines of South Africa chose the message of biodiversity to persuade the...
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See Some top South African producers for other exciting SA wines.
My husband often says that if he stood still...
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‘England is just a very far place...’ and thus Eben Sadie begins to talk in London wine bar Vinoteca. Described...
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I spent two days in Bordeaux at the end of last week and will report in more detail later but...
Don't quote me
I recently sat next to an American wine writer who informed me that he didn’t like South African wine and...
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The fine wines of South Africa deserve much more attention than they receive. The following are all tasting notes I...
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