Two new high-end wines from Iona (Elgin, South Africa): Kloof and Solace
Elgin-based producer Iona have released two new wines from special terroirs. I review them here. Iona Solace Wine of Brocha
Read moreElgin-based producer Iona have released two new wines from special terroirs. I review them here. Iona Solace Wine of Brocha
Read moreRestless River is a small, but mighty, family-owned winery in the cool Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Goode and I first visited
Read moreJamie Goode and Treve Ring continue their series on the Swartland, visiting Mullineux at their home base, Roundstone. This was
Read moreJamie Goode and Treve Ring visit Roundstone. It’s the home farm of Mullineux in South Africa’s Swartland wine region. Chris
Read moreSemillon is an interesting variety, and it has made some really interesting wines in South Africa, both as single variety
Read moreWebsite: https://www.ridgebackwines.co.za/ Ridgeback is a wine estate located on the northern slopes of the Paarl Mountain. It’s mid-size, with 35
Read moreOf all the grape varieties grown in the Cape, it’s Chenin Blanc that perhaps has the strongest claim to be
Read moreTista Cristini is the dude behind Symmetry Tonic Essences. He left South Africa for 15 years, and spent a decade
Read moreMullineux is one of the Swartland’s most important wineries. In 2011 they launched two terroir-specific Syrahs: Schist and Granite. In
Read morePackwood are based at the far east of Western Cape, on the Garden Route, in a small wine appellation called
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