Category: South Africa
South Africa
Rall White Blend 2019 continues my series of #SaveSAwines posts. You may recall that we should be buying South African wine because prohibition in South Africa was killing the …
South Africa
Lismore Estate Reserve Viognier 2018 is the next in my series of #SaveSAwine reviews. You will recall that the South African wine trade is at threat because of the …
South Africa
Roodekrantz 1954 Vines Cinsaut 2018 is the first in my series of #SaveSAwine reviews. You can read in detail why you should buy South African wine to #SaveSAwine here. …
South Africa
The more perceptive amongst you, my dear, highly-valued readers, may have noticed I have reviewed a lot of South African wine in recent times. I am going to try …
South Africa
I am reporting on a couple of wines The Editor and I drank to celebrate the 19th anniversary of him moving to the UK: Ian Naudé Old Vine Chenin …
General drinking
A brief report on the wines consumed by The Editor and I over the Christmas holiday. Christmas Eve Hunting Hill Vineyard Chardonnay 2018, Kumeu River Lovely restrained, nutty, savoury …
South Africa
Some wines are just mad and when I heard the details of Ian Naude’s White Blend Reserve I thought its production was one of those differently sane enterprises. I …
South Africa
Craven The Firs Syrah was a recommendation from Helen, a wine advisor at Handford’s shop. She helped make it so I suppose she should know if it is any …
South Africa
Rabelais from Thelema Mountain Vineyards is widely thought to be one of South Africa’s best Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines. It is grown in the Stellenbosch viticultural area where South African …
South Africa
Lismore Estate Reserve Syrah is something I thought I would not be trying for a while. The one bottle of 2017 I had procured for myself and had saved …
