Integrated wine production, sustainable viticulture, biodynamics, certified organically grown grapes, environmentally sustainable farming, biodiversity and wine initiative. Read more

It's been a challenging week with Tuesday and Wednesday devoted to tasting red blends for Wine magazine, in between my tannin-battered palate was relieved by a most enjoyable nine-vintage vertical of Iona's well-respected sauvignon blanc. Read more

Our monthly tasting group was this month hosted by Chris Williams, winemaker at both Meerlust and The Foundry; Read more

I was sipping on my morning cup of coffee while idly turning over the pages of the Makro Christmas wine catalogue, when my eyes fixed on the description for merlot. Read more

If I read another press release describing any wine competition - South African or international - as the 'most prestigious/credible/respected', I shall throw a glass of the sweatiest sauvignon I can find at my monitor! Read more