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A South African miscellany

Wednesday 14 April 2021
Tasting Cap Classique fizz chez Tam

Mainly Tam, plus Tim and Jancis share these impressions of some current releases from South Africa.

Jancis writes Tam tasted the majority of these wines, including all the sparkling ones in the tasting pictured above in her garden. She participated in an online celebration of 50 years of Cap Classique.

The others are a bit of a hotchpotch, including a range from Klein Constantia tasted by Tim and some truly excellent wine offered in cute cans by Richard Kelley MW, aka The Liberator. They look as good as they taste. See below.

Three cans of S African wine from The Liberator

The 47 wines are grouped by colour/style and then...

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