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1990 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1990 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A large crop. The best wines were Cabernet-based but even these were rather light.
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1993 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1993 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A small and disappointing vintage.
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1991 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1991 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Good, concentrated wines but some have remained rather hard and tannic.
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1992 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1992 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A good vintage for Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage.
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1994 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1994 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A variable year but some good Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinotage and Shiraz was made.
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1995 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1995 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A low-yielding vintage produced good-quality, well-structured wines.
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1996 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1996 vintage guide for Red South Africa. An unexciting vintage with few wines of note.
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1997 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1997 vintage guide for Red South Africa. The top producers overcame difficult conditions to make concentrated, yet well-balanced wines.
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1998 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1998 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A tricky, early vintage. Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon produced the most successful wines.
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1999 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1999 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A small crop. Pinotage performed well.
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2000 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2000 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Ripest, most generous vintage in many years, with big, burly, quick-maturing reds.
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2001 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2001 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Excellent structure with a balance of ripe, complex fruit
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2002 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2002 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Elegant, flavourful reds.
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2003 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2003 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Full-bodied, fruity and full of flavour.
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2004 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2004 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Variable wines. Some will be elegant...
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2005 vintage guide for Red South Africa
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2006 vintage guide for Red South Africa
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2007 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2007 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Challenging season producing wines with great colour and aroma intensity...
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2008 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2008 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Inconsistent quality, but ripe, elegant, well balanced reds from top growers.
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International Trophy White Single-Varietal under £15 – Perdeberg, The Dry Land Collection, Barrel Fermented Chenin Blanc, Paarl, South Africa 2013
Perdeberg has accumulated a large collection of old-vine Chenin in the Agter- Paarl area, viewed as the ideal region for the variety.
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International Trophy White Blend under £15 – DeMorgenzon, Maestro, Stellenbosch, South Africa 2014
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International Trophy Off-Dry under £15 – Paul Cluver, Marks & Spencer Ferricrete Riesling, Elgin, South Africa 2014
'Riesling is one of the most amazing grape varieties in the world but, like most things that are very rewarding, it is also very challenging,’ says Paul Cluver Jr.
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International Trophy Red Rhône Varietals under £15 – Lomond, Cat’s Tail Syrah, Cape Agulhas, South Africa 2012
Lomond is part of the Cape Legends portfolio, the fine wine division of South Africa’s largest wine and spirits company,
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Decanter travel guide: Franschhoek, South Africa
With its strong French heritage, striking natural scenery, beautiful architecture and forward-thinking vignerons, Franschhoek is a must-stop destination for visitors to the Cape, says Angela Lloyd.
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Decanter travel guide: Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Decanter Travel Guide: Cape Town Tourism winners
Fiona Beckett visits the Cape Winelands' winners of the Best of Wine Tourism awards and revels in the region's heavenly offerings of food, art, architecture and nature...
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Harvest 2015: South Africa winemakers excited by quality
Hopes are rising that South Africa’s 2015 harvest could be one of the best in recent memory, with many winemakers reporting ideal conditions.
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South African wine body calls 2015 vintage ‘exceptional’
Winemakers in South Africa expect to make ‘exceptional’ wines from the 2015 harvest, which was one of the driest and earliest in years, says a new report by trade body VinPro.
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South African wine estates battle to save vineyards from fires
Wildfires near to Cape Town have threatened to engulf some of South Africa’s oldest vineyards, forcing winery owners and staff to sacrifice sleep to protect their estates.
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Stephan von Neipperg invests in South African property
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Video interview: Matthew Day, Klein Constantia
Watch our exclusive video interview with Matthew Day, winemaker at Klein Constantia talking about their sweet wine Vin de Constance ahead of their latest release, Vin de Constance 2008.
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Jackson Family Wines buys South African vineyard
Jackson Family Wines has expanded its recent buying spree beyond US shores by acquiring vineyards in South Africa's Stellenbosch region.
