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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The Goose wines
Retief Goosen has started his own brand of wine, called Fine Wines by the Goose. The farm, interestingly enough called Ganzekraal is located in the Upper Langkloof, not far from Goosen’s house in George. Winemaker Morne Jonker is very positive about the brand, with the flagship wine ‘The Expression’ being a 50% Shiraz [...]

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“We are very excited at being awarded 4.5 stars in the 2008 John Platter wine guide for our 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon maiden vintage. We are somewhat overwhelmed by this wonderful news! “
Well I spoke about Belfield here - and I wasn’t shy to indicate how excited I was about the forthcoming wines after tasting a [...]

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Blake, a good friend of mine, came over for dinner the other night armed with a really special bottle of wine he had picked up at Lisa’s Little Wine Shop in Kalk Bay.
Lismore Chardonnay 2006
This wine had a sublime mix of the following interesting flavours - lemon meringue pie, toasted almonds and maple [...]

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What you see on your left is a visual interpretation of BLANKbottle Back TJ Stellenbosch Merlot 2003. It is a unique piece of art created by the inspiration behind BLANKbottle - Pieter H. Walser.
BLANKbottle is an innovative and oustanding approach to creating and selling wine directly to consumers. In a nutshell, Pieter Walser aims to [...]

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