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Drink more Chenin!
Jancis makes a suggestion. A version of this article is also published by the Financial Times. See also South Africa’s star – Chenin Blanc in which the many Cape Chenins...
Jancis Robinson
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Guide to our old-vines coverage
4 June 2026 In advance of the 2026 Old Vine Conference on 8 June, we’re republishing this overview of our old-vines coverage, newly updated. 28 June 2023 The Old Vine...
Julian Leidy
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See also MW Symposium – wines on the frontier and MW Symposium – more on microbes .
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From £17.70, 189 Swedish krona, $29.99
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If you have ever been sceptical about the combination of Sauvignon...
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From €11.95, £15.75, 250 South African rand
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We’ve been writing quite a bit about South African wine...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See recent tasting notes on the latest crop of...
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See also South Africa's old-vine marvels and South Africa at a crossroads. Jancis writes The image above gives a rather...
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See also New Wave South Africa – latest crop and South Africa at a crossroads.
Thanks to the inimitable viticulturist...
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From 215 rand, £18.40, 29.90 Swiss francs, $33.93, €28.75
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Okay, who knows where Greyton is? I’m rather...
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5 August 2017 Thanks to a few generous recent contributions the fund is now oversubscribed which is great news. And...
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Five years ago Kathy Jordan of Jordan Wine Estate in Stellenbosch (pictured here) launched a two-fold wine mentoring programme aimed...
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Psychiatrist Olga Antoniadou was a popular, highly commended entrant in our recent wine writing competition. Here she profiles a hero...
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Jancis writes Young Shi is my representative in China and, as a hard-working MW student, commutes between the UK, Shanghai...
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Martin Day, our 25th writing-competition entrant, began his journey into wine in 1996 when, as a 22 year old, he...
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From €13.90, £14.95 Find this wine Yes, yet another South African white as a wine of the week. And why...
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From ZAR80, £12.50 (or £65 per case of 6), $15 Find this wine I did a double take when I...
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9 November We have just heard from the organisers of this worthwhile initiative. Christie van der Heijden of PIWOSA reports...
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See also Richard on South African Shiraz and Syrah, and our South African assemblage republished free today. In February, Erica...
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