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Sparkling wines for the 2025 festive season
Top tips for those seeking a bit of sparkle for the holidays this Christmas and New Year. From £14 to £1,438 a bottle. A version of this article is published...
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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WWC25 – The thief in the night, by Charlotte Adams Alsaadi
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Thursday 21 August 2025
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Breeding champion racehorses, running a wine empire across eight countries, in charge of 50 wine brands, waking-up the wine industry...
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A growing American force's international output assessed. Vines at Yangarra in McLaren Vale are pictured above.
The Jackson family, led...
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The 2023 Trophy Wine Show provided a window on the current state of South African wine. A shorter version of...
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The third tasting article based on this year’s edition of this South African wine competition, together with an overview of...
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The second of four tasting articles based on this important South African wine competition organised by Michael Fridjhon, seen above...
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The first of four tasting articles inspired by South Africa's most rigorous wine competition. See also Trophy Wine Show 2023...
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A report on South Africa's answer to Burgundy, seen above, via a tasting in the gracious setting shown below. Aerial...
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Malu Lambert reports that yields are down and nerves are frayed from this cool, damp vintage, but hopes are high...
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A heartwarming success story – with a twist.
From 270 rand, £31, $40
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Here’s a wine with...
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A rosé that tastes as good in a chilly British spring as it did in the humid tropics.
From 150...
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30 March 2023 Malu Lambert’s article on the importance of inclusivity in wine language struck such a chord with readers...
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28 June 2023 The Old Vine Registry has just been launched! See this article for background.
9 February 2023 Exciting...
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Founder winemaker Marc Kent celebrates the 25th vintage of pioneering South African winery Boekenhoutskloof with a series of mini-verticals in...
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A rare bird, both of the feathered and the vinous variety.
From 185 rand, €20.04, $24.80, £21.99
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22 December 2022 We’re republishing this story as Jancis interviews one of the four Zimbabwean sommeliers featured – Tinashe Nyamudoka...
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Tim Jackson MW spells out exactly how a controversial variety can be persuaded to make great wine.
Kanonkop have long...
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