My Wine of the Month for December 2022 is L’Avenir Estate Single Block 02 Pinotage 2015.  It is a registered Single Vineyard  Estate Wine o...

My Wine of The Month for November is Sutter Ridge 1996.    When I visited this winery in Amador County long ago it was growing 25 acres of P...

 Platter's South African Wine Guide has announced its 5 Star wine for the 2023 Guide. Pinoate 5Stars are: Beeslaar 2020 De Grendel Amand...

Pat Del-Gatto Very sad news from Ontario. Pat Del-Gatto winemaker/owner of Del-Gatto Estates passed away on 15 Sept 2022 from complications ...

  My Wine of The Month for October is De Grendel Amandelboord Pinotage 2019 (Estate Wine of Origin Durbanville). This is a most enjoyable n...

  Which Pinotage shall I open? Which Pinotage will you open?

“It was never the grape’s fault,” Beyerskloof winemaker Anri Truter says of the historical perception of Pinotage in the UK.  This is the fi...