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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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Sarah Suzanne introduces herself for our sustainability heroes writing competition thus: 'I’m based in North Somerset and currently studying for...
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Our third despatch from someone who has clearly benefited from the Cape Winemakers Guild Protégé programme. See this guide to...
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Like Kiara Scott, Rüdger van Wyk benefited from the Cape Winemakers Guild Protégé programme – and how! See this guide...
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Adam Knoerzer submits his entry to our writing competition with this introduction: 'I am a wine educator, consultant, and writer...
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Carmen Stevens, winemaker and owner of the first 100% Black-owned winery, chose to answer questions rather than write an account...
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Proof of the efficacy of the Cape Winemakers Guild Protégé Programme … My story starts in a place called Mitchells...
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With the South African wine business on its knees, thanks to a domestic ban on all alcohol sales, we have...
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South African wine needs our help. Here are three delicious ways to demonstrate your support.
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Pioneer female Black winemaker Ntsiki Biyela, winemaker and director of Aslina Wines, tells a tale so heartening that we include...
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A European intern in a South African winery adds these thoughts on race, colour and tradition to our series of...
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Stories like that of Epicurean Wines provide hope for Africans such as Johannesburg-based wine writer Tshepang Molisana. This continues our...
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As a response to South Africa – a social progress report, we are publishing a series of personal accounts of...
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We want to set the record straight with some personal accounts of Black experiences in the SA wine industry.
The...
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Here is the second half of a photo report of visits to some of South Africa's leading producers. See also...
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In my article on The many hues of wine talent on Saturday, I promised to devote a more detailed article...
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The first half of an extensive two-part report on the increasingly exciting wines of the Cape. See also South Africa...
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