I went to Kanonkop Estate as soon as I arrived in the Cape in January excited to taste their 2010 Pinotage, as I had tasted the 2009 in Jan...

Joe Roberts at 1 Wine Dude puts out a call to 'Stop hating on pinotage already' . His 'plea against the undeserved hate' as...

Christmas was an opportunity to open some special bottles. Loma Prieta 2009 – Been keeping this for a few months (see http://www.pinotage.o...

I think Kanonkop's Kadette 2009 Cape Blend is the best vintage they have ever made, and I have bought cases of it for my wine tasting an...

Friday afternoon an hour before closing and Kanonkop’s normally sedate tasting room is busy. All seating is occupied and groups of people ar...

Riaan Smit has written ( for winegoggle.co.za ) a most interesting article about working the 2010 Kanonkop vintage. He says "Abrie [Be...

Encouraged by Dezel's Pinotage Party I opened a Kanonkop 2006 and Beyerskloof 2008 Beyerskloof Pinotage 2008 with its white label is th...

The promised "very special wine at a price to match", as described here by Johann Krige last month is on sale. Kanonkops black la...

Marisa D'Vari at A Wine Story has posted an interview with Kanonkop winemaker Abrie Beeslaar about his 2007 Pinotage. Read it here .

Kanonkop Estate’s popular red blend Kadette will soon have a pink partner. The rosé Kadette will be made from Pinotage. For some years Kanon...

The best Pinotages are going to get less good in order for the cream of the crop to be bottled separately as 'super-cuvees' at super...

Abrie Beeslaar, (pictured right) winemaker at top Pinotage winery Kanonkop Estate, is the International Winemaker of the Year it was annou...

I've written before about the Beyers Truter Reserve own label made for UK supermarket Tesco. I have bought a goodly number of them mysel...

Kanonkop owner Johann Krige (pictured right) was pouring the newly released 2006 vintages of Pinotage and Kadette Cape Blend at last months...

Kanonkop Pinotage 2004 won the Decanter 2008 World Wine Awards 2008 Trophy for 'South African Red Single Varietal Over £10' and Sout...

Being invited to plunder Beyers Truter’s private cellar was dream come true. There is capacity for 30,000 bottles; many of the wines were ma...

Yesterday I took a brief drive up the R44 to visit L’Avenir and Kanonkop . L’Avenir acquired neighbouring vineyards of the defunct Sentinel...

A question from Richard Auffrey in Stoneham, Massachusetts, got me thinking. He said "I recently purchased a few bottles of the 2004 K...

Neil Pendock reports on a press trip to Pinotage Country organised last week by Pinotage Association sponsors ABSA bank. Last week’s press t...

For as long as I remember I have been telling anyone who would listen that Kanonkop ’s Pinotages need bottle age. "Don't drink it b...