Recording my podcast with Pieter Walser of BLANKbottle recently got me thinking about stories. Pieter’s wines all have a tale to tell....

Are you an aspiring wine blending champion? The time has come for wine enthusiasts and clubs to once again battle it out in the...

On the 4th of June Fanie Geyser, the winemaker of Landskroon came to present his wine to us. Our first time meeting Fanie and he is an...

On the 21st of May, Reynie Oosthuizen the winemaker of Kleinood (Tamboerskloof) came to present his wines to us. Our first time to taste...

On the 14th of May, Bobby Wallace presented the wines of Paul Wallace to us. Thanks kindly to Mario Montero of MJM wines for organising...

On the 7th of May, Charl Els presented the wines of Groenland to us. This estate is owned by the Steenkamp family and is in the Bottelary...

On the 23rd of April Dianri Wessels presented the wine of Kloovenburg to us. It has been a while since we tasted the wines of Kloovenburg...

On the 9th of April we honoured by having Charles Hopkins and Jana van Zyl of De Grendel present their wines to us. Charles is one of the...

On the 19th of March, we tasted some of the top Malbec’s available in Gauteng. There are presently 27 available in Makro, Norman...

On the 12th of March Andrew Lombard brought the wines of BC to us. His tastings are great, with interesting and massively affordable...

On the 5th of March Anri Bester Gerber and Eugene Joubert came to present the wines of Louisvale to us. We always look forward to...

On the 27th of February it was the Chairman’s tasting. This year I tried to find the top red wines, that we scored highly in 2023, top 35...

I came across this cartoon in the New Yorker this week and it chimed nicely with Margaret Rand’s latest piece. It also reminded me of...

On the 20th of February Nikki Heynemann of Nitida, presented the wines of Nitida to us. It was great to meet Nikki, who exudes an amazing...

On the 6th of February, Rick Cloete introduced us to the Unforgettable Gin range. Rick gave us his fantastic story of he came up with the...

On the 30th of January, Dianri Wessels brought the wines of Anura to us again. We love having Dianri at Vats her tastings are all full of...

On the 23rd of January, we kicked off the year with an unusual tasting, Rhone White Blends, with some of their cultivars. In a few of...

A mate of mine sent me a message on New Year’s Day. “Dry January is dragging on a bit”. But in some ways, the idea of giving up alcohol...

On the 26th of September Glen Egan, visited us once more and brought Hoopenburg back to Vats. It is always great to see Glen, as his...

On the 3rd of October we tasted Cape Blends. This was a result of October being Pinotage month. Actually any reason to taste Pinotage is...