Nondumiso Pikashe (pictured right) is one of the four owners of Ses’fikile. “We are a group of black women who want to change the face of ...

This is a single vineyard wine from grapes grown on a farm named Primo located near the Fairview winery. Charles Back, owner of Fairview, ha...

‘ M ’ is the flagship wine from Mellasat Vineyards in Paarl. ‘M’'s maiden 2003 vintage is a blend of three assertive varieties, Shiraz, ...

Pinotage won the £5-£9.99 category in the UK 2008 Quality Drinks Awards . The winning wine is Morrison's ‘The Best’ South African Pinota...

Vino Con Brio are celebrating that their 2005 Pinotage scored 98 points and won Double Gold and Best in Class awards in the "Alternativ...

Scali 1999 created quite a stir when it came top in a blind tasting in Cape Town in February 2003 organised by David Brice at the Wine Cella...

"If film were wine, “Transit Prisoner” would be a Franzia. Franzia is an average wine, popular, simple and fits the purpose. It is worl...

I've been reading Oscar Foulkes blog as he tells of his travels around the world marketing Cloof wines, so it was good to meet him at ...

Winefly has very kindly let me post her tasting notes from the 2008 tank sample tasting mentioned in my last post . She writes:- "Anoth...

The 2008 Pinotage vintage is looking good is the verdict from the annual tasting of tank samples from around the Cape, with flavours of plum...

In the Pinotage Club June 1998 Newsletter we were reporting that Kanonkop were not releasing their 2006 vintage and that Magnotta in Ontario...

Entries for the annual Pinotage Top 10 Competition must be in by 9 July. The competition, organised by the Pinotage Association and sponsore...

If you fancy sitting on Arniston Bay (pictured left*) and you live in the UK then don't delay. The sands are powder white, the beach i...

"The best fizz around at the moment is the surprise bottle; a delightful pink South African based on the red Pinotage grape. Looks comm...

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

"I get a great thrill from being able to nip into the cellar and come out with a bottle that is probably the only one in Britain, maybe...

Grayhaven Winery is one of three wineries in the state of Virginia, USA growing and making Pinotage. Virginia Vine Spot 's Dezel Quille...

"I’m not trying to make Pinotage better, just trying to give it a spin,” says Guy Webber, uncorking an unlabelled bottle. “You don’t wa...

I didn't know before but Cyprus is a rare country, like Chile, free of the scourge of Phylloxera and therefore able to grow vines on the...

Leading South African wine writer Neil Pendock has become a wine maker. He writes in his Johannesburg Sunday Times blog "Having bought...