Is what I describe as a ‘burnt rubber’ aroma or flavour in some – mainly less expensive – South African red wines a figment of my imagination? If…
10 Oct 2008 Julia Harding MW
May-Eliane de Lencquesaing was not home when I visited her South African estate, Glenelly, in Stellenbosch last week, though her amiable and able…
7 Oct 2008 Linda Murphy
Linda Murphy sends this report from Cape Town.Part of South Africa’s preparations for hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup is taking care of the world’s…
29 Sep 2008 Guest contributorHere are notes on about 80 South African white wines tasted blind last May, in groups by vine variety, for British Airways First Class. Considering…
2 Sep 2008 Jancis Robinson25 Nov 2008 - a first winner has just been announced, a young South African woman. See details here. Hard on the heels of news of the…
21 Aug 2008 Jancis RobinsonBelow are my notes on 66 wines shown in London recently, supposedly because they were all given either 5 or 4.5 stars in the 2008 Platter Guide…
28 Mar 2008 Jancis RobinsonTomorrow I will publish some enthusiastic tasting notes on a selection of top South African wines, some of which I believe represent real bargains. …
27 Mar 2008 Jancis RobinsonFind this wine Here's another, quite different South African wine this week – mainly because the country offers wine lovers such great value. To…
25 Mar 2008 Jancis RobinsonThe 2008 edition of Platter's Wine Guide, the South African wine bible, has just been published and will be available online from…
16 Nov 2007 Jancis RobinsonOf all non European wine-producing countries, South Africa has most energetically hung its hat on the concept of terroir. Not that it actually uses…
16 Oct 2007 Jancis RobinsonHow could I possibly ignore this outfit, a black empowerment enterprise run entirely by women (from the Khayelitsha township)? Ses’fikele apparently…
9 Oct 2007 Jancis RobinsonAt the first day of the annual generic South African tasting in London it was a bit spooky the way that Bruce Jack of Flagstone suddenly materialised…
8 Oct 2007 Jancis RobinsonIt happens every time. I go to South Africa to write about wine and end up writing about tourism. Not that South African…
11 Aug 2007 Jancis RobinsonOn June 23 in South Africa – making a global impact one of dozens of white wines I recommended was Tesco Finest Darling Sauvignon 2006 (12%) at £6.99.…
9 Jul 2007 Jancis RobinsonMy overriding reaction to my week in South Africa last month was that the speed of change and pace of improvement in South African wine over the last…
6 Jun 2007 Jancis Robinson
