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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 18, 202312 min read


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, 20235 min read
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, 20234 min read
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 read
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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Jul 14, 20233 min read
What makes a great cellar door?
Visiting wineries is a large part of what I do for a living. In passing, I get to view a lot of cellar door operations. I’ve seen them...
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Jul 14, 20232 min read
Cabernet Sauvignons under R210 - 13th June '23
On the 13th of June we decided to look into Cabernet Sauvignon, under R210. Last year we looked at under R150, wine sure has changed in...
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Jun 27, 20233 min read
Pinot Gris v. Gewurtztraminer - 16th May '23
On the 16th of May we looked into two cultivars that are remarkably similar in terms smell and flavour profile, if made dry. I am of...
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Jun 27, 20232 min read
Sauvignon Blanc - 14th April '23
On the 4th of April we decided to have a look at the “new” style that is developing in Sauvignon Blanc. “New” by incorporating green and...
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Jun 27, 20232 min read
Stellenrust Tasting - 21 March '23
On the 21st of March we tasted the wines of the Stellenrust Wine Estate, Anneke Andrew presented. It is always great to have Anneke at...
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Jun 27, 20232 min read
Rosé Tasting - 14 February '23
On the 14th of February, we tasted six of the top Rose’s that were in Makro, Liquor City and Norman Goodfellows (List available on...
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Jun 27, 20233 min read
Perdeberg Wines - 25th April '23
On the 25th of April Natalie Khüne winemaker of Perdeberg visited us, with Lydia Alfonso. It has been a while since Perdeberg has been to...
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Jun 27, 20232 min read
Groenland Tasting - 28th March '23
On the 28th of March Anri Bester Gerber came and presented the wines of Groenland, from the Bottelary Hills to us. Anri’s tasting are...
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Jun 27, 20232 min read
Frisky Zebra & Kusafiri - 7th March '23
On Tuesday the 7th of March we tasted the wines of Frisky Zebra and Kusafiri. This tasting was presented by the dynamic duo Michelle and...
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Jun 27, 20231 min read
Bordeaux Blends Chairman's Tasting - 21st February '23
On the 21st of February we tasted Bordeaux Blends. The important part was that the blend had to, have three or more of the varietals that...
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Jun 27, 20233 min read
Pinotage, old & new - 14th March '23
On Tuesday the 14th of March, we looked at Pinotage, old style and new. We tasted Estates that put Pinotage on to the stage, so to speak...
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Jun 27, 20233 min read
Riesling - the Cultivar - 1st April '23
On the 18th of April we decided to have a look at the cultivar Riesling. It is interesting that in the rest of the world Riesling is...
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Jun 27, 20233 min read
Raka Wine - 23 May '23
On the 23rd of May Jorika Visser of Raka visited us. It is our first tasting with Jorika, but was a fantastic tasting with Piet’s...
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May 23, 20232 min read
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