My Wine of The Month for September is Mhudi Pinotage 2020, WO Coastal Region Time flies - it was in 2008 that I visited the Rangakas  at M...

Winners of the Pinotage Top 10, Cape Blend and Rose competitions 2024 are: Perold Absa Pinotage Top 10 Awards Winners Beeslaar Wines  - Bees...

  My Wine of The Month for July is Warwick ‘The First Lady’ Pinotage 2023, WO Western Cape.  ‘The First Lady’ name is a tribute by the curr...

  My Wine of The Month for May is  Stellenrust Pinotage 2021 and 2022. We had the 2021 vintage at our favourite Asian restaurant, Chez Mumt...

  My Wine of The Month for April is Cloof Inkspot 2019. The bottle is festooned with stickers but it seems they were awarded by only two org...

 My Wine of The Month for March is Bellevue '1953', vintage 2016. Bellevue are a Pinotage pioneer, making the wine that was the firs...

  My Wine of The Month for February is DeWaal 'Top of the Hill' Pinotage 2015. This is from the world's oldest Pinotage vineyard...

    My Wine of The Month for December is The Society’s South African Pinotage-Syrah 2023. This is made, labelled and bottled for UK’s Th...

  Pierre in 2019 I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Pierre Loubser, retired Manager of The Pinotage Association.  He had a bad...

Platter's South African Wine Guide 2024   Pinotage of the year is  L'Avenir Single Block 2020 and its Cape Blend is  Beyerskloof Fai...

My Wine of The Month for November is Cloof 'Winemakers Reserve' Pinotage 2020. On removing the cork the room was filled with a bouq...

My Wine of The Month of October is Laibach 2018. The previous vintage was my wine of the month in July 2022 and at that time I noted that th...

  My Wine of The Month of September is Niel Joubert 'Patrysbult' Pinotage  2018. Pale red, bright fruit flavours, but overbalanced b...

My Wine of The Month of August is Rijk's Pinotage Reserve 2016 It is a mature wine recently released; I bought it at Wine Village in He...

My Wine of The Month for July is Grangehurst Pinotage 2009. One might reasonably think I had aged this 14 year old wine in my cellar, but it...

My Wine of The Month for June is Kaapzicht Estate Rooiland Pinotage 2020. The retro label says it is 'a homage to classic Pinotage' ...

  My Wine of The Month for May is Beaumont 'Jackals River' 2018. It is light in colour, smelling of raspberries. It is also unusuall...

  My Wine of The Month for April is Beyerskloof Kriekbult Pinotage 2020.  Taking its name from the farm the vineyard is planted on, it comes...

  The Pinotage Food and Wine Festival this year on 13 May 2023 is a celebration of the 2023 harvest.  Tickets are now available from  Quicke...

  My Wine of the Month for February 2023 is KWV Cathedral Cellar  Pinotage 2019. It's a very drinkable clean bright fruity wine with a b...