NEW RELEASES

• Autumnal offerings (2) Wines from Blank Bottle, Fairview, Freedom Hill, Meerlust. Metzer, Slowine, Solms Astor, Zonnebloem

FOREIGN FLING

A Burgundian winemaker visits Cape Town Jean-Marie Fourrier talks to Angela Lloyd before a tasting of some of his wines

VIEWS

• Checking out hit-parade reds A top-ten line up enjoyed (with good steak) by Melvyn Minnaar

• A return to elegance? Some thoughts on the best of this year's Trophy Wine Show, from judge Angela Lloyd

OPEN SPACE

• The 'B' word once again Brettanomyces taint in a famous Bordeaux wine – and what about on local competitions?

CATHY'S WINE BLOG

• Screwy statistics A few facts and figures and thoughts about screwcapped wines at the Trophy Wine Show
 

MICHAEL FRIDJHON (TWICE) WEEKLY

• The dangers of drinking and the absurdities of health ministers Together with some observations on sneezing + Comment

• What makes for cheap and expensive wines? And a note on a few good bargains at the lower end

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