We love South Africa. So do our customers. So as a wine buyer for Oddbins, I face the challenge each year of how to top the incredible wines of the year before...
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What ho! This wine reminds us of a joke from Jeeves and Wooster, which goes a little like this: Three chaps at Wembley, one says "Is this...
Grab this Granite Ridge and get it on your granite worktop; this is a food loving superstar. If you've yet to try Chenin or have only tried ...
This is just what's needed from a South African red at the moment and marks a pleasant departure from the kind of red you may already ...
The Pearlstone Pinotage was named after the enormous granite Paarl Rock, which apparently looks like a pearl. Although we...
After giving their lovely Shiraz the intriguing name ‘Horny Owl’, the producers don’t seem fussed about offering an explanation, which is fair enough, but it does leave you wondering…...
Of all the grape varieties that South Africa has helped put on the map and get the world to take seriously, it is likely to be Chenin Blanc ...
Rapier-edged, whip thin, sadomasochistic Saffer.
Why isn’t Chenin Blanc as famous as Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc? More versatile than a Swiss Army knife, it’s used all...
Alex Dale, winemaker at The Cape of Good Hope, says he wants "clear water between Good Hope and brash, overtly commercial styles...
Confused you say? South African wine named after a French alpine mountaineering and skiing resort and made in the Italian 'ripasso' style?
Halve some ripe peaches and apricots, drizzle with honey and throw in a cinnamon stick, a touch of dried ginger and a pinch of Demerara ...
You know how Bordeaux is a bit tweed jacket, red trousers, brogues and hunting? Maybe that’s a little unfair, but it’s certainly on the...
Underwater wine? Was it rescued from the Titanic or Whisky Galore’s S.S. Cabinet Minister? Maybe it was made by mermaids?...
