Popularity breeds success, success breeds fashionability; and, as we know, as quickly as something can be in fashion, so it can disappear through the black hole out of fashion. Read more

It used to be a dream floating deep in the southern ocean, today its footprint is increasingly marching across the Cape winelands. Provocative pinot has arrived and is being conquered. Read more

It’s a phrase (there's always something new from Africa, for the Latin-challenged) I’ve written in connection with Vergelegen but I never thought I’d have the occasion to apply it to the KWV. Read more

One of the major surprises at this year’s Trophy Wine Show was that there were not more golds among the 2009 whites. Does this mean the vintage has been over-estimated? Read more

There are events that define an era: the release of the first Thelema Cabernet Sauvignon, the 1988 from a three year old vineyard planted alongside a row of gum trees, was a major one for South Africa. Read more