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Uva Mira Tasting - 10th October '23
On the 10th of October Christiaan Coetzee (Winemaker) & Pearl Grant Muiznieks of Uva Mira visited us. It is wonderful to have a winemaker...
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Nov 18, 20232 min
Painted Wolf Tasting - 17th October '23
On the 17th of October Jeremy Borg (Winemaker/Owner) and Amanda Irving from Painted Wolf came to presented their wines to us. Jeremy and...
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Nov 18, 20232 min
Viognier Tasting - 31st October '23
On the 31st of October we re-visited the cultivar Viognier. It has been quite some time since we lasted tasted Viognier in a flight...
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Nov 18, 20232 min
Hartenberg Tasting - 7th November '23
On the 7th of November Mario Monteiro presented the wines of Hartenberg to us. Jo Lowe and Venetia Wegelin of Novinophobia were the last...
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Sep 12, 20234 min
Atkin’s SA Wine Report says SA producing ‘the greatest wines in its history'
Article by Georgina Crouth of the Daily Maverick (www.dailymaverick.co.za) The annual report describes South Africa’s white wines as...
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Aug 24, 20233 min
Champagne is deeply French – but the English invented the bubbles (appeared in The Conversation).
Author Garritt C Van Dyk Lecturer, University of Newcastle In 1889, the Syndicat du Commerce des Vins de Champagne produced a pamphlet...
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Aug 15, 20234 min
Finding the Holy Grail area of Cabernet Franc - 15th August '23
1. Raka Cabernet Franc 2020 Analysis: pH 3.54, Total acidity 5.8g/l, Residual sugar 2.9g/l, Alcohol 14.5%. Vineyard: the vineyards...
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Aug 11, 20231 min
The world is in your wineglass - by Tim Atkin
Years ago, I had a conversation with the Australian wine guru, Brian Croser. I was experiencing a period of disillusionment with the wine...
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Aug 8, 20232 min
Brandvlei Cellar Wines | Home of the BC & Halftien Wines - 8th August '23
On the 8th of August Andrew Lombard of Bbandvlei Cellar wines visited us and presented an amazing tasting! A first for a while was a ten...
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Aug 4, 20231 min
Following Picasso's example - by Tim Atkin
I came across a quote by Picasso the other day. The great artist was writing about the dangers of success, all too apparent in the week...
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Aug 3, 20233 min
Blaauwklippen Tasting - 1st August '23
On the 1st of August Judith Lee came to present the wines on Blaauwklippen to us. It has been quite some time since Judith was last at...
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Aug 2, 20232 min
Tasting of Charles Lang & Sons - 22nd August '23
On the 22nd of August Rick Cloete visited Vats and presented the wines of Charles Lang & Sons. This is the first time we have tasted all...
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Jul 28, 20231 min
Tim Aitkin asks - Who decides when a wine is ready to drink?
Some styles are widely deemed age-worthy – think Barolo, Bordeaux or Vintage Port – while others seem destined for a short life. I was...
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Jul 27, 20232 min
Montpellier Tasting - 25th July ‘23
On the 25th of July Linus Muller of Montpellier visited us. The last Montpellier tasting at Vats was on the 15th of May 2018, where...
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Jul 20, 20232 min
Xmas in July - Champagne Tasting 18th July '23
On the 18th of July we tasted Champagne’s that are sold from Colmant in Franschhoek. These wines were donated by Glynis Prosser for our...
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Jul 18, 202312 min
Champagne - The Story
History of Champagne Wine has been made for over 7,000 years, and effervescent wine for just as long since sealing wine before the...
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Jul 14, 20235 min
Creation Wines makes top-five ranking on prestigious World’s 50 Best Vineyards to Visit
Creation Wines in the Hemel-en-Aarde valley has been selected as the world's fourth best wine tourism destination.
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Jul 14, 20234 min
Can AI Break The Mystique Of Connoisseurship? - by Andy Neather
Another day, another outlandish claim about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will transform our lives. Last week the BBC News website ...
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Jul 14, 20233 min
Rethinking Fine Wine - by Tim Atkin
It was a noble, if ultimately inconclusive exercise. Maybe that’s true of anything that involves an indigestible dose of subjectivity....
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Jul 14, 20233 min
Why AI Matters - by Tim Atkin
My friend Matt likes to confuse algorithms. “Every now and then, I type the first thing that comes into my head into Google, Facebook or...
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