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Editorial Coolers, scandal, and the Wine and Spirit Board

Fine wine focus L’Avenir Pinotage: An appraisal by Cathy van Zyl

Is bigger really best? Jeremy Oliver talks to Tim James about the development of Australian wines over the last decade or so, and some of the lessons for South Africa

Fruit salad, sex and wine Tim James looks quizzically at wine descriptions

The right (white) mix The premium white blend is an emerging category that promises an exciting future. Angela Lloyd reports on a pioneering tasting

Saving the varied winelist from extinction Kim Maxwell sees a real danger to diversity in restaurant winelist sponsorship and control

Black empowerment in wine (1) John Platter attended the recent conference which examined ways of responding to the racial skew of the South African wine industry. He considers the problems it confronted and some of the possible solutions.

Black empowerment in wine (2) Dealing with realities: Gavin Pieterse, chair of SAWIT, speaks to  Ingrid Motteux

High five time at Lord’s – and the South Africans are batting!  Meryl Weaver  reports on some of the issues discussed at the generic tasting of South Africa's wines in London.

The mystery of the not-so-dry dry reds  David Matthews is convinced that South African dry red wines are getting sweeter – although their sugar levels remain the same.

The Widow’s sour grapes