Given a friend's penchant for handing over a case of wine from the 50th birthday boy or girl's birth year, and given that my half century is fast approaching, I'm urgently seeking a new vintage despite mine being 'one of the 20th century's finest'. Read more

As Alice in Wonderland might have said as she tumbled down  an – um – tin mine shaft. Read more

The French are, as we know, a rather odd bunch, but we forgive them because they make some great wine. Read more

The Cape Winemakers Guild has issued a "Statement with Regards to Prospecting and Mining within the South African Winelands". Read more

A rethink of our wine classification system may be a good idea. Can we learn elsewhere? Read more

Rob Boyd gives an update on the wineries of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands - or, at least, those belonging to the KZN Midland Read more

Everyone in Johannesburg talks about the pot-holes - they are less scary than crime. Read more