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Platter’s by Diners Club Wine Guide has revealed the eagerly awaited and prestigious list of wines earning the maximum rating of five...

Vergelegen takes top honours. Cape Town: Friday was a beautiful night in Cape Town as wine industry insiders came out to the Radisson Blu...

De-centralised festival features outstanding once-off tasting experiences From bow ties to braaibroodjies, Wine Town Stellenbosch is an...

Can wine-related video be worth watching? Over the next few weeks, we’re going to meet some of South Africa’s most celebrated wine...

In an era of online auctions forced by Covid19 and fuelled by the demand for exceptional South African wines, this weekend saw the 37th...

Don’t miss the chance for your label and packaging to shine! Entries for the seventh annual Wine Label Design Awards, the fourth annual...

The quality of South African Chenin has never been better, say the 2021 Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top Ten Challenge judges. Panel chair...

Stellenbosch (16th September 2021) - The South African Sommeliers Association is proud to announce Wikus Human as the new Best Sommelier...

Tim Atkin MW, still a huge champion of South African Chenin Blanc as a source of thrilling and original wines, is now turning his gaze on...

Charl Myburgh to build on winery’s pursuit of premium quality Stellenbosch Hills has appointed rising winemaking star Charl Myburgh to...

Darling Cellars Pyjama Bush Rosé 2021 has won the inaugural Allan Mullins Award at this year’s Rosé Rocks wine competition. The award,...

South Africans have a lot of reasons to celebrate this Spring Day. With the weather warming, Heritage month starting, and CyberCellar’s...

Announcing the Semi-Finalists for the Best Sommelier of South African in partnership with the Stellenbosch Wine Route! The Quarter-Finals...

One of the kindest, generous, most joyful people I have ever met, Rob Armstrong. Anyone lucky enough to meet the Gentle Giant himself...

Russian composer Igor Stravinsky described one of his musical-choreographic works that was eventually to rank among the most influential...

The GD1 Project 2020... a Franschhoek winemakers collab with a passion for Semillon. Only 600 bottles produced and being sold solely...

After entering an unprecedented chapter for wine auctions in 2020, the Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction returns live and online on 2...

Stellenbosch - The Distell Group mourns the passing of Francis (“Duimpie”) Bayly, (81) one of South Africa’s most distinguished wine...

Louisvale Wines in Stellenbosch welcomes a new assistant winemaker to its cellar. Julia Blaine, 29 years old, will be working with Simon...

Do you have what it takes to be the Best Sommelier and for a chance to represent South Africa at the Best Sommelier in the World...

After an embattled year and a half for the South African Wine Industry, who will take top prize and go on to represent South Africa in...

This wine kept popping up in my life long before I had the chance to take my first sip. I moved to Cape Town in mid-2017 by early 2018, I...

At first glance, it seems an unlikely jump. How would a proof-reader, originally from Klerksdorp in the north of the country wind up...

I spend a lot of time pontificating about Chenin and not nearly enough time on my favorite South African Chardonnay's. The Ava Marie is...