Meeting Mr Chenin: the wines of Ken Forrester, who has helped make South African Chenin Blanc famous
I’m sitting with Ken Forrester outside his tasting room on a sunny November afternoon, looking across one of his vineyards
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South Africa
On the Chenin Blanc trail in Stellenbosch, visiting four old vineyards and tasting the wines
Today I spent the afternoon visiting vineyards. Not an unusual activity for me, but this was part of the second
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Lismore: tasting the latest releases from Samantha O’Keefe in Greyton, South Africa
Website: https://www.lismore.co.za/ Samantha O’Keefe is a pioneering wine grower in Greyton, where she first planted a wine farm in 2004.
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Video: tasting old South African wines back to the 1950s
Bill Winshaw had a collection of South African wine from his time running the Stellenbosch Farmer’s Winery. His grandsons, JP
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Old South African wine: raiding the Winshaw cellar back to the 1950s
Bill Winshaw had a collection of South African wine from his time running the Stellenbosch Farmer’s Winery. His grandsons, JP
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Visiting Anthonij Rupert Wyne, L’Ormarins Estate, Franschhoek, South Africa
Website: Anthonij Rupert Wyne Antonij Rupert is the wine project based at L’Ormarins estate on the eastern boundary of Franschhoek,
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South African Sauvignon Blanc at 10 years old: does it age?
What do travelling wine writer geeks do on a day free from events? Taste more wines of course. South African
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Highlights: Lukas van Loggerenberg Geronimo Cinsault 2021 Western Cape, South Africa
Cinsault is a grape variety for today, for warmer climates. It has big berries, big bunches, and it’s pretty much
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The Cap Classiques of Ann and Pieter Ferriera: pushing the bubbly boundaries in South Africa
Jamie Goode and Treve Ring taste the latest releases of this exciting Cap Classique producer. Pieter Ferreira, who for a
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Grenache : a Study
(/ɡrəˈnæʃ/) Grenache is one of the most widely planted red wine grapes planted on the globe, which would explain the
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