Last Saturday I went wine routing with some good friends and ashamedly it’s been a while since I’ve done so.
Which is criminal if you think about it - I live on the doorstep of some of the most spectacular wine scenery in the world. I have an excuse though - for the last year I [...]

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On Sunday - tired and hungover I took my even more hungover brothers for lunch at The Roundhouse Rumbullion.
On a beautiful summer’s day in Cape Town there are few better settings for lunch - just check the vid out below:

We hadn’t booked and were lucky to be seated two tables away from Raymond Ackerman - [...]

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Last week I was lucky enough to be invited to the launch of The Parlotones’ new wine - Giant Mistake.
Yes - you heard me right - The Parlotones have released a wine.
Check out the video at the official site for the wine.
It was a great event held at a lavish venue (Cape Grace) and in [...]

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Belfield has confirmed it’s initial emergence on the South African wine market with another flurry of ’stars’ in Platter 2009.
Belfield Magnifica Cabernet Sauvignon 2006  - 4.5 stars
Belfield Elgin Blend 2006 - 4 stars
The Kreft family’s maiden vintage: Belfield Cabernet Sauvignon received  4.5 stars in the 2008 edition of Platters.
So the above ratings for the 2009 edition [...]

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WOSA invited Alder Yarrow of Vinography to attend Cape Wine 2008 and it seems to have paid off - for some and none more so than Eben Sadie.
Vinography has been flooded with coverage of South African wine (much needed too) and the verdict on the overall quality output of our wine ranges from great to poor with no middle ground.
I think the most [...]

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