South Africa

Free for all 22 December 2022 We’re republishing this story as Jancis interviews one of the four Zimbabwean sommeliers featured – Tinashe Nyamudoka...

Tasting articles Tim Jackson MW spells out exactly how a controversial variety can be persuaded to make great wine. Kanonkop have long...

Tasting articles More than 100 current releases reviewed, many shown by the producers themselves. They deserve your attention. Above, typical old bush...

Free for all Wine journalist Felicity Carter opens our eyes to an under-appreciated way of maintaining biodiversity in the vineyard. In 2005, Rupert...

Free for all This is the last of four articles about some of the 47 applicants for this year's Golden Vines Diversity Awards...

Tasting articles The second instalment of our old-vine wine stories is set in South Africa (go to Lebanon for the first). For...

Free for all This entry in our WWC22 competition explores the post-pandemic regeneration of South Africa's wine industry. For more great wine writing...

Free for all What is preoccupying South Africa's liveliest wine producers? Above, left to right, Charles Back, Marelise Niemann, Peter-Allan Finlayson and John...

Tasting articles Does South Africa lead the way in regeneration? And how about transformation…? Nearly 90 current releases reviewed. Tamlyn writes It...

Free for all 7 July 2022 As a companion piece to my article today on Eben Sadie's latest change of direction, I thought...

Tasting articles Sadie Family Wines are being redesigned from the ground up in order to withstand our changing climate. See also today's...

Free for all We revisit the South African wine people of colour profiled in 2020 and assess the rate of transformation there. Two...

Free for all Wine producers flock to London and share their woes. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial...

Free for all Some crisp, aromatic alternatives – none budget-busting. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, the...

Tasting articles Pictured, Iona's wine estate looking unusually balmy in South Africa's cool Elgin district. See also our previous collections of tasting...

Free for all A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. I wonder whether curious wine lovers realise how...