We recently wrote an article for Swurl about how the Polkadraai Hills are helping to rebrand South African wine. “First came the Swartland, with its great wine revolution, and today, we’re seeing exciting changes in Stellenbosch, one of South Africa’s oldest and most traditional wine regions. How the industry got there is a nuanced tale […]

Mick Craven, the larger (but not better) half of Craven Wines sat down with Cape Town’s New Agency founder and creative director James Bisset for a little chat about all things non-wine related. Click here to laugh for nine minutes and learn a bit more about Mick.

Tom Mullen from Forbes selects 12 wines to try that reflect the changing nature of the South African wine business.  Our very own Reenen Borman of Boschkloof Wines and Ron Burgundy Wines (Patatsfontein/Sons of Sugarland) makes two of the 12 selected wines. “A gorgeous Syrah” is what one taster had to say about the 2018 […]

“I’m not going to claim that all of these are the greatest wines of the new South Africa, and nor would Francois, but I can honestly say that it’s hard to find a range that gives me greater drinking pleasure on release (and I have drunk all of these wines with and without food, not […]

Greg Sherwood, MW put his thoughts to paper on the highly anticipated 2019 releases from Lukas.  “Bag your allocations asap as production levels are small but highly sought after,” said Greg.  Lukas continues to grow and the results are within the bottle. Read about the 19s here.

Dr. Jamie Goode, better known by his in-depth wine blog based out of the UK, Wineanorak, sat down with John Seccombe of Thorne & Daughters.  They spoke about vineyard sources, the challenges of the drought and tasted the recent releases together. Read more about it here.