Category: South Africa
Buying recommendations
I ended up drinking the South African Bordeaux-blend Rabelais 2017 from Thelema Mountain Vineyards a few times – I reported on the first of these occasions with Rabelais 2017. …
South Africa
Eben Sadie has touched the core of my being many times. Usually with his pure Cinsault Pofadder, but recently with two astounding whites over lunch with Keith Prothero. With …
Jokes
Are we there yet is a Syrah/Touriga Nacional-blend from South Africa’s Duncan Savage. We like Duncan’s wines, some may be butch, but some are beautiful. All are very good! …
Champagne
Ten days before Christmas 2021 Team Elitistreview hosted Charles and Alex for a light lunch. They were very forgiving of us forgetting to put our lunch roast chicken into …
London
Last Thursday was a special day for The Editor and me: we got to meet our great friend – and notable supporter of Elitistreview – Keith Prothero for a …
Buying recommendations
“MR de Compostella, have you tried that?”, asks my chum, Greg. “Mr who?”, I think, before he explains. Greg has been dealing me fine Stellenbosch 2017 Cabernet/Bordeaux blends over …
South Africa
It is Elitistreview’s sixteenth anniversary! Finally, my organ is legally allowed to have sex, rather than just making puerile jokes about it and sniggering in the corner of the …
South Africa
The generic Stark-Conde Cabernet is one of the most boring wines I have ever poured down the sink, so why did I follow up that tiresome experience with buying …
South Africa
This review of Duncan Savage ‘Follow the line’ Cinsault 2019 is, in part, written to encourage you to purchase South African wine, drive exports of it, and so mitigate …
South Africa
It is back to #saveSAwine with a review of Paul Sauer 2017 from Kanonkop. You recall the South African wine industry has faced problems from prohibition to tax rises. …