A year-and-a-bit ago we were all expecting (after a lot of on-off rumours) the imminent purchase of Cordoba and perhaps Mulderbosch by Charles Banks, a rich American who had recently severed his relationship with the Californian cult producer Screaming Eagle Read more

For bringing warmth to your wintry blood and fire to your frosty belly, you can't do better than gorgeous, but sadly unfashionable, fortified wine. Read more

There have been some fascinating recent changes to the welter of South African legislation governing the making and selling of wine. Read more

The worms are industriously eating, excreting and mating in Michael Malherbe's wormery at the Laibach estate in Stellenbosch. Read more

There's something about Wine mag's Shiraz Challenge that brings a little tear to my eye as the memory of The Widow comes to mind. It was always one of her favourite disasters. Read more