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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I am biased towards South African wine - that’s what this blog is about. I also don’t possess the international ‘experience’ from which to bench mark South African wine against.
But I’m getting there - slowly but surely - bottle by bottle.
For that reason it’s always nice to read someone elses view on the South African [...]

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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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I’m heading through to WineX in Cape Town this evening with a couple of friends.
The main objective for us will be to go and laugh at our good friend the Wine Thief at his Under the Influence stand (E2) - he’ll be the ugly guy in the pink suit.
As it is with most years, my [...]

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A friend is currently doing his MBA thesis and needs help gathering research data - I’ll let him explain:
I am currently a part time MBA student at UCT’s Graduate School of Business and as one of our final courses we are required to complete a research thesis.
The topic I have chosen for my report is [...]

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