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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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For International Sauvignon Blanc Day, a truly superior example – recommended even to those who say they don’t like Sauvignon...
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We celebrate International Sauvignon Blanc Day today. See also today's wine of the week, a most unusual Sauvignon.
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Malu Lambert admires the spirit of a new staff-owned project by Mullineux, with help from Waitrose. The Great Heart team...
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Mainly Tam, plus Tim and Jancis share these impressions of some current releases from South Africa. Jancis writes Tam tasted...
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A version of this article about the need to re-evaluate old vines is published by the Financial Times. Image of...
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Why a winter lockdown is better, or at least less awful, for chefs and their customers than a summer one...
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South Africa breathes a sigh of relief with the partial reopening of wine sales, Malu Lambert reports, although a very...
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A version of this article, written at the request of a reader, is published by the Financial Times. Photo by...
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No booze, no beaches. South Africa is closed until further notice, reports Malu Lambert. Picture of Table Mountain and Cape...
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4 March 2021 We’re delighted that Max Allen has won the André Simon 2020 Drink Award for Intoxicating . Read...
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Tam investigates wine and cheese pairings, discovers a fantastic new cheese, and tells us what to lay in for Christmas...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also South African sizzle for tasting notes and...
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Some real gems from South Africa crying out for more attention. See also Why you should buy South African and...
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On South African Heritage Day we publish an account of a recent encounter with some of the country's finest wines...
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An important, if slightly fraught, annual showcase of the extent to which the rest of the world is catching up...
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Tinashe Nyamudoka was one of the team of Zimbabwean top sommeliers in Cape Town who competed in the World Wine...
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