South Africa

Free for all The 2023 Trophy Wine Show provided a window on the current state of South African wine. A shorter version of...

Tasting articles The third tasting article based on this year’s edition of this South African wine competition, together with an overview of...

Tasting articles The second of four tasting articles based on this important South African wine competition organised by Michael Fridjhon, seen above...

Tasting articles The first of four tasting articles inspired by South Africa's most rigorous wine competition. See also Trophy Wine Show 2023...

Tasting articles A report on South Africa's answer to Burgundy, seen above, via a tasting in the gracious setting shown below. Aerial...

Free for all Malu Lambert reports that yields are down and nerves are frayed from this cool, damp vintage, but hopes are high...

Wines of the week A heartwarming success story – with a twist. From 270 rand, £31, $40 Find these wines Here’s a wine with...

Wines of the week A rosé that tastes as good in a chilly British spring as it did in the humid tropics. From 150...

Free for all 30 March 2023 Malu Lambert’s article on the importance of inclusivity in wine language struck such a chord with readers...

Tasting articles Founder winemaker Marc Kent celebrates the 25th vintage of pioneering South African winery Boekenhoutskloof with a series of mini-verticals in...

Wines of the week A rare bird, both of the feathered and the vinous variety. From 185 rand, €20.04, $24.80, £21.99 Find this wine...

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

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 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...