by Philip | Apr 24, 2014 | News
As the reputation of Cape wines grow over the years, a panel of 29 has selected its top 20 winemakers f…
by Philip | Mar 11, 2014 | News
Tim James reviews Cape Town’s white blends of wine – Fairview Nurok 2012, R95 The most ex…
by Philip | Feb 26, 2014 | News
Tim James selects Kanonkop Kadette Pinotage Rosé 2013, priced at R40-R50 as Wine of the Week. This co…
by Philip | Feb 17, 2014 | News
Wine of the week is Circumstance Sauvignon Blanc 2013 (R90) writes Tim James. There’s green, a…
by Philip | Jan 27, 2014 | News
Tim James discovers the tale behind winemaker Giorgio dalla Cia’s wines and grappas. According …
by Philip | Dec 3, 2013 | News
South Africa wins more than its share of titles such as “Best Brandy in the World” in int…
by Philip | Nov 15, 2013 | News
Joostenberg wines merge delicous red and white wine with modest prices, notes wine-writer Tim James. So…
by Philip | Nov 4, 2013 | News
South Africa’s white wine is getting far more acclamation than red wine receives locally and in…
by Philip | Oct 21, 2013 | News
Last week, I visited a farm called Solitude. Or should Eenzaamheid be translated as “loneliness…
by Philip | Oct 10, 2013 | News
Pinot was irrelevant in the Cape until Tim Hamilton Russell decided in the late 1970s that it would b…
by Philip | Sep 23, 2013 | News
Grappa was once rough trade, the uncouth Italian peasant not fit to associate with the aristocratic g…
by Philip | Sep 11, 2013 | News
Expertise in hedonic or aesthetic matters must always be trumped by personal taste, comments wine wri…
by Philip | Sep 6, 2013 | News
The Cape’s two Harbour House restaurants 
are quite distinct, but their fish dishes are 
unifor…
by Philip | Aug 12, 2013 | News
Stellenrust makes great wines at good prices, one of which is a beautiful blonde with brains and pers…
by Philip | Jun 6, 2013 | News
At the foot of towering mountains in the remotest corner of the Franschhoek valley lies one of the m…
by Philip | May 22, 2013 | News
If the idea that happy employees make for delicious wines is true, it’s no wonder that Meerlust is on…
by Philip | May 10, 2013 | News
One of the world’s iconic pieces of kitsch is coming to Cape wine country, writes Tim James in his a…
by Philip | Mar 15, 2013 | News
You like shiraz? You got it — in volume. Some call it syrah and much under both names is good, some …
by Philip | Feb 24, 2013 | News
Brandy is the liquor for men aspiring to be heroes, proclaimed Dr Samuel Johnson assigning port to l…
by Philip | Jan 23, 2013 | News
In an unlikely arid part of the Cape, a vineyard with a long witblits tradition is now producing a n…