The Tokara Director’s Reserve White 2020 was crowned best New World White Blend bringing home the trophy as the highest scoring wine in its class from the 2023 Global Fine Wine Challenge. The flagship white of this acclaimed family-owned Stellenbosch wine estate, Tokara Director’s Reserve White triu …

Sewe wenke vir kos en wyn pasmaak

Die feestyd is op hande en dit beteken mense kom bymekaar vir kos, wyn en samesyn. Die kwessie van goeie en gepaste kos-en-wyn-kombinasies is egter regdeur die jaar op fynproewers, entoesiaste en avontuurlustiges se “spyskaart”. Die geheim agter goeie kos-en-wyn-kombinasies is om aan wyn as ’n besta …

“Love and marriage, Love and marriage, Go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya, brother, You can’t have one without the other.” As Frank Sinatra Bonnievale se The River Collection Sauvignon Blanc geproe het, sou die liedjie heelwaarskynlik “Summer and sauvignon …” gewees het! Met ’n ly …

Like a phoenix, Solms-Delta rises from the ashes!

November 2023 marks the launch of the Solms-Delta Wine Company, an entirely new venture established to continue the ambitious journey of land restitution and community upliftment that was begun by Mark Solms in 2001 with the founding of the Solms-Delta wine estate. The Solms-Delta Wine Company, base …

Spice Route stel nuwe, opwindende wynreeks bekend

“Wyn is nie ’n bestemming nie, maar ’n wonderlike reis van ontdekking en verkenning.” In hierdie gees het Charles Back van Fairview buite die Paarl sy eie “wynreis” voortgesit met die bekendstelling van die Spice Route Journey-reeks. Die visionêre Back se soeke na nuwe plekke en kultivars in die laa …

A pledge is defined as “a solemn promise or undertaking”. Sadly, we live in a world where a promise doesn’t mean much anymore, not like in the good old days when your word was your honour. Maybe it’s to do with the fact that principles don’t matter much anymore, that our morals and ethics have under …

Wat is wynmoer, oftewel ‘sur lie’?

Jy’t dalk al die woorde “sur lie” op ’n bottel witwyn uit die Loire-vallei in Frankryk gesien. Of dalk het jy al ’n wynmaker hoor praat van die moer wat geroer moet word. Sur lie beteken “op die moer”, maar wat presies is wynmoer en wat doen dit? Wat is wynmoer? Wynmoer is die oorblywende giskorrels …

Save the rhino … with Seven Springs Pinot Noir

Nkonzo Wildlife, in collaboration with Seven Springs Vineyards and WineCompany, is proud to announce the launch of a ground-breaking fundraising southern white rhinoceros conservation wine label, part of the Seven Springs Art Series. Proceeds from every bottle sold will be dedicated to the Nkonzo Wi …