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Wine news in 5
Floods hit Spain, Portugal, Italy, Monarch Tractor shuttered, early budbreak in California
Plus, a trade deal for China and South Africa, falling French wine and spirits exports, a legal case in Australia. And congratulations to Andrew Jefford, awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 14 February 2026
• 1 min read
Wine news in 5
Strengthening US wine labelling, new EU trade deals, market reports, more bottles lighten up
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 30 January 2026
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Was this year's showing by the Cape's young guns the tasting of the year? It certainly felt like it. See...
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A range of great wines from a Swartland star, and one to grab from a South African debutant (pictured).
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Jono Le Feuvre provides this speed-dating guide for wine hunters in Cape Town. See this guide to all the entries...
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An established South African winemaker puts her name on the label with a versatile red from a once-disparaged variety.
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8 June 2019 Jancis writes I just remembered that I have a series of tasting notes from a lunch in...
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To coincide with today's Battle of the Sauvignons , we delve deeply into the archives, all the way back to...
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From £7.25, €13.49 Find this wine As I write my very first wine of the week, I recall over 30...
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In southern France there is evidence of a newfound respect for Clairette. Food and wine writer Malu Lambert suggests the...
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Tim Jackson MW would like us all to take more notice of the great grape of Sauternes, in dry form...
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A tonic for those winter blues.
From 170 rand, €16.69, £16.69, CA$28.40, $23.25, NZ$46.99
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Richard presents almost 170 tasting notes of the best red wines he tasted on a recent trip to South Africa...
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Richard presents well over 100 tasting notes of some of South Africa's best current white wines. See also this overview...
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Richard enthuses about his recent trip to South Africa while considering the difficult context in which wine producers have to...
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White burgundy apart, it's amazing how many of the greatest Chardonnays today are grown in the southern hemisphere. Seen here...
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Marc Kent branches out on the Cape South Coast. Boekenhoutskloof in Franschhoek may be a nightmare to spell but it...
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A South African bargain that is certified organic but is effectively biodynamic too. From 120 rand, £10.49, €13.50, 198 Swedish...
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