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Tim Atkin in the Cape
It was one of those days when the Cape feels like the most beautiful place on earth. The sky was a cloudless aquamarine, the outline of...
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Apr 41 min read
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The Wines of Avondale Tasting - 3rd December '24
On the 3rd of December Blake Chetty of Royal Oaks wines came and presented the wines of Avondale to us. It has been almost two years...
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Dec 3, 20242 min read
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Strandveld Wine's Tasting - 26th November '24
On the 26th of November we tasted the wines of Strandveld, with the lovely Sunette Du Rand Stanton presenting. Sunette is a good friend...
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Nov 26, 20242 min read
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The Mellish Family Wines - 19th November '24
On the 19th of November, Mario Monteiro brought the wines of the Mellish Family Vineyards to us. This is the first time many of us have...
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Nov 19, 20242 min read
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Christiena Trousseau Tasting - 12th November '24
On the 12th of November Judith Lee presented the wines of Van Loveren’s Prestige range, Christiena Trousseau, plus a few other great...
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Nov 12, 20243 min read
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Kranskop Wine Tasting - 5th November '24
On the 5th of November Melanie Snoek presented the wines of Kranskop to us. This is a first time for us at Vats, and it was really a...
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Nov 5, 20242 min read
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The Painted Wolf Tasting - 29th October '24
On the 29th of October our old friend Jeremy Borg of Painted Wolf came to present his wines to us. He came with a show case of his top...
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Oct 29, 20242 min read
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The Wines of Bon Courage - 15th October '24
On the 15th of October Oliver Wright, presented a few of the wines of Bon Courage to us. This was Oliver’s first tasting, that he...
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Oct 15, 20242 min read
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The Lost Boys Wines - 1st October '24
On the 1st of October Anri Bester Gerber and Eugene Joubert of Liquid Gauteng brought Trevor DeRuisé of Lost Boys wines, to present his...
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Oct 1, 20243 min read
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Brandevlei Cellars Reserve Wines - 17th September '24
On the 17th of September Andrew Lombard returned and presented his Brandevlei Cellars Reserve range and a couple of new Sparkling wines...
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Sep 17, 20242 min read
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Graham Beck Wines - 10th September '24
On the 10th of September we tasted a few of the MCC’s from Graham Beck. The tasting was supposed to be presented by Mandla Patson...
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Sep 10, 20242 min read
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The Wines of Calitzdorp - 3rd September '24
On the 3rd of September we decided to do a tasting of a wine area, that we haven’t looked at in a while, Calitzdorp. Not since Leslie...
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Sep 3, 20243 min read
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Bruce Jack Wine Tasting - 27th August '24
On the 27th of August I had a cancellation, so thought that it was long overdue that we have a look at the new range of Bruce Jack wines....
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Aug 27, 20243 min read
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Merwida Wines - 20th August '24
On the 20th of August Lieza van der Heever (van der Merwe) from Merwida came to present her wines to us. It is always great to have...
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Aug 20, 20243 min read
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Cabernet Franc Tasting - 13th August '24
On the 13th of August we looked at cultivar Cabernet Franc, mostly in the fabled land of Cabernet Sauvignon greatness, namely...
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Aug 13, 20243 min read
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Wildekrans Tasting - 6th August '24
On the 6th of August Anri Bester Gerber presented the wines of Wildekrans to us. Anri’s tastings are always brilliant, filled with...
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Aug 6, 20242 min read
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Chris Milne's Incredible Value Reds - 30th July '24
On the 30th of July Chris Milne, presented a tasting entitled, “Chris’s Incredible Value Reds”. In this tasting he brought a couple of...
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Jul 30, 20243 min read
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Cinsault Variety Comparisons - 23rd July '24
On the 23rd of July we tasted the Cinsault\Cinsaut. We wanted to see if Cinsault should be made as a single cultivar or should it just...
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Jul 23, 20243 min read
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Bastille Day Tasting - 23rd July '24
On the 23rd of July Charmaine Cockhead came and presented her “Bastille Day” tasting of French wines to us. We love having Charmaine at...
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Jul 23, 20242 min read
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Seeking connection - Tim Atkin
Recording my podcast with Pieter Walser of BLANKbottle recently got me thinking about stories. Pieter’s wines all have a tale to tell....
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Jul 21, 20242 min read
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