Raise a glass of the Cape's finest to our top 20 wineries
- 05 Apr 2012 00:00 - Tim James
- South Africa's winemaking industry is evolving and only eight producers who were top of the pops in 2001 still cling to eminence.
Get into the spirit with the A-Z of festive drinks
- 15 Dec 2011 00:00 - Tim James
- A is for anticipation, B is for bottoms up -- and T is for tanked. Tim James guides you through the best of the season.
All's fair in posh and plonk
- 25 Nov 2011 15:35 - Tim James
- Wine lovers in Jo'burg can choose between the Cape's famous, fancy or fresh wines this weekend.
Adventurers are spoilt for choice
- 18 Nov 2011 12:07 - Tim James
- There are an awful lot of South African wines out there -- about 7 000. It's tempting to abandon adventurism and reach for another bottle of the same.
Wild claims and outrageous price leave a bitter aftertaste
- 11 Nov 2011 00:00 - Tim James
- Too many producers regard wine journalists as badly paid PR people.
Lammershoek grows caution to the wind
- 28 Oct 2011 00:00 - Tim James
- Wine sales generally are bad, exports less lucrative than they should be -- the industry is bleeding. Is this the best time for experiments?
The case for parental guidance
- 21 Oct 2011 17:37 - Tim James
- Meerlust has just about everything going for it these days.
Local industry laps up foreign spillover
- 24 Jun 2011 16:03 - Tim James
- Foreigners still arrive to share in the Cape winelands -- not in a deluge but in a reassuringly constant trickle.
Inspired by the vine
- 20 May 2011 02:10 - Tim James
- Artist Cecil Skotnes had an 'extra-ordinary appetite for enjoyment'. Vital to this was his profound love of wine.
Sensuous art of winemaking
- 21 Apr 2011 00:00 - Tim James
- Wineries create a space that stimulates the senses and encourages a broader enjoyment of sensory pleasures, including their art collections.
