The cynical wine producer sets a price so excessively above his wine’s value that he’s clearly strategising beyond mere sales.
Poor old merlot is just the whipping boy, critics suggest, with the same inherent problem of many black grape varieties in the Cape.
Hermanuspietersfontein — if you’re a lover of sauvignon blanc, you will probably have had the time to unwind the length of the name in your mind.
It was with the tiniest sigh of relief that I passed through an inconspicuous door in the splendid Delaire building complex.
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/ 25 February 2011
Not fancying an evening of Abdullah Ibrahim on an empty stomach, we looked around for an early quick fix of food and wine.
A confession, with the taste of three lovely wines still lingering on my tongue and no doubt fuzzing my mind.
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/ 9 February 2011
If you have ever noticed someone raising a glass of water to drink but pausing to give it a good reflective sniff, it’s perfectly explicable.
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/ 2 December 2010
It’s not all that frequently that, in my modesty, I concur with the awards made by judges at the many wine competitions, writes <b>Tim James</b>.
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/ 23 November 2010
What a difference a decade has made for Nederburg, writes <b>Tim James</b>
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/ 4 November 2010
We’re still stuck with a lot of sameness. If KWV had been more oriented towards quality, where would they have found interesting varieties?