SA’s Maverick Winemakers

South Africa makes plenty of great wines, which deserve to stand alongside the ‘finest’ in the world. For whatever reason – perception, the relatively low cost driven by the weakness of the Rand against major currencies or something more ethereal – our wines often find themselves firmly in the ‘value’ category, rather than as serious international contenders alongside wines from […]

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Fancy a Sip of the Sea?

The effects of terroir on a wine can feel greatly exaggerated, with a metre of elevation here or a minute difference in soil composition, there, often used as marquee marketing elements in attempting to set it apart from its regional siblings. While there’s definitely merit to the assertion that the landscape and atmospheric conditions in which grapes are grown confer […]

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