Raise a glass of the Cape’s finest to our top 20 wineries
South Africa’s winemaking industry is evolving and only eight producers who were top of the pops in 2001 still cling to eminence.
Wine Estates
Get into the spirit with the A-Z of festive drinks
A is for anticipation, B is for bottoms up — and T is for tanked. <b>Tim James</b> guides you through the best of the season.
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All’s fair in posh and plonk
Wine lovers in Jo’burg can choose between the Cape’s famous, fancy or fresh wines this weekend.
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Adventurers are spoilt for choice
There are an awful lot of South African wines out there — about 7?000. It’s tempting to abandon adventurism and reach for another bottle of the same.
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Wild claims and outrageous price leave a bitter aftertaste
Too many producers regard wine journalists as badly paid PR people.
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Lammershoek grows caution to the wind
Wine sales generally are bad, exports less lucrative than they should be — the industry is bleeding. Is this the best time for experiments?
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The case for parental guidance
Meerlust has just about everything going for it these days.
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Local industry laps up foreign spillover
Foreigners still arrive to share in the Cape winelands — not in a deluge but in a reassuringly constant trickle.
Inspired by the vine
Artist Cecil Skotnes had an ‘extra-ordinary appetite for enjoyment’. Vital to this was his profound love of wine.
Sensuous art of winemaking
Wineries create a space that stimulates the senses and encourages a broader enjoyment of sensory pleasures, including their art collections.