De Grendel's Charles Hopkins is a man with a mission: having heard at a tasting overseas that South African Cabernets are easily identified by their telltale "greenness", he has become obsessed Read more
There's no shortage of wine worth drinking in SA. The latest Platter Guide - one of the most reliable stocking-fillers for even occasional wine drinkers - reviews more than 7000 different current releases. Read more
The recently launched FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 Competition is the successor in title to an event staged annually by the now defunct Wine Magazine. Read more
The world of wine is experiencing its second transformation - of kind, not degree - in the three decades since Robert Parker's pronouncements on the 1982 Bordeaux vintage heralded the era of the uber-critic. Read more
