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From iron ore to flor in South Africa's wild west
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Thursday 11 December 2025
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Sparkling wines for the 2025 festive season
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 22 November 2025
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South Africa's Trophy Wine Show 2025
Tamlyn Currin
Friday 22 August 2025
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On June 23 in South Africa – making a global impact one of dozens of white wines I recommended was...
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My overriding reaction to my week in South Africa last month was that the speed of change and pace of...
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The results of the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show 2007 which I helped to judge last month are now available...
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One of my great sadnesses in being struck down by a fluey-cold just before setting off for South Africa last...
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Find the Boekenhoutskloof Find the Landau du Val Find the Steenberg Find the Cape Point (highly recommended but available only...
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Two days in to the 2007 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show in South Africa, I’ve just had a most interesting...
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Find this wine This was the second favourite wine at my South Hampstead/World Challenge Vietnam tasting last night and deservedly...
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Find this wine I know that I raved about the finesse of top quality white burgundies last Saturday but for...
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find the Iona find the Sutherland I am a great fan of South African whites. South Africans seem to prefer...
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Here are the notes I made on a range of 47 South African wines shown in London prior to the...
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The first thing to say about the trio of wines finally released from South Africa banker G T Ferreira’s luxury...
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Owner of Ch Angelus of St Emilion Hubert de Boüard de Laforest tells me he has invested in South Africa...
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This is a quite stunning wine for the price (from £9.95 in the UK, $12.49 in the US and 74.50...
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In my recent account of trying to find top quality Rieslings to pitch against Austria's finest, I dismissed South Africa...
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Celebrities tend to put their names on wine labels in the twilight of their careers but golfer Ernie Els who...
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