Platters 2010 have just announced the 2010 South African Winery of the Year:
Sadie Faimly Wines
A well deserved accolade for a winery that has had a fantastic year, receiving 5 stars for two wines:
Sadie Family Columella 2007
Sadie Family Palladius 2008
Eben Sadie has carved out a niche and created a bit of a cult following with his [...]

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Just a quick heads up.
Cloof Wine Estate have an awesome little special on at the moment:
Get six of their great red blends for only R265 (that’s R200 off the normal price and includes delivery)
Check it out: www.redblends.co.za
Enjoy!

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The other night I was sharing a bottle of wine with my good friend The Wine Thief and the conversation ventured onto the topic of ‘French First Growths’ and how many cases we will one day have in our private cellars (wine does that to the imagination - it’s always good to dream).
I then posed [...]

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A guest post by one lucky little BarRat: 
The best day in the winelands?
Yesterday was a pretty good day for me. In fact it was such a good day, that I challenge you to top this for a winelands excursion. Where to start? Ah yes, a little round of golf at De Zalze, one of the [...]

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Never in the history of South African wine has one farm managed to win two Decanter national trophies in two consecutive years - well now Cederberg have.
For the third year running Cederberg Private Cellar – since it started participating in the competition four years ago – was awarded a trophy
Trophy: Category: SA Red Bordeaux varietal over [...]

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