LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE WITH NEW BONNIEVALE DE-ALCOHLISED SHIRAZ
Bonnievale Wines has released an exciting new addition to its NEAT range of de-alcoholised wines. The all-new Bonnievale NEAT Shiraz 2020 joins a Sauvignon Blanc, giving wine-lovers a delicious alternative in the run-up to the festive season. “Summer is a time for...
2019 Turns More Than Water Into Wine For Winemaker Arco Laarman
Four years after first venturing into uncharted waters with his own wine brand Laarman Wines, acclaimed independent winemaker Arco Laarman still personally collects his grapes from Vermaaklikheid, a small town on the Cape South Coast near Witsand, 300 km from Cape...
Top 20 finalists forecast an impressive Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10
Neck to neck or is it bottle to bottle – so fierce is the battle between the top 20 finalists in this year's Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10 competition. The top 20 candidates include eleven wines from the 2020 vintage versus nine from the 2021 vintage. On top of that, the...
The Go-To Wine For Spring Is Award-Winning Bonnievale Rose
Celebrate the year’s sunnier season with the River Collection Cinsault Rosé, the latest award-winner by Bonnievale Wines. This rosé is the all-rounder wine to enjoy, whether you’re picnicking or poolside. Award winning wine After winning Gold at the Michelangelo...
Culture launches the Wanderlist, a curated selection of the world’s finest wines
While South Africans’ passports gather dust as international travel restrictions continue to limit our ability to globe trot, one wine bar in Cape Town, together with its partner-in-wine, is now offering patrons the opportunity to travel the world…through a glass....
WANTED: THE BEST OF SOUTH AFRICA’S MOST POPULAR WINE CULTIVAR
This year’s quest to find the best wines of South Africa’s most popular cultivar has just begun. Entries for the 2021 Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10 Competition, the only competition in the country committed to Sauvignon Blanc, are now open. According to Sauvignon Blanc SA...
South African wine steals limelight at international wine competition
South African wines excelled at one of the most celebrated competitions for Sauvignon Blanc in the world. Tokara’s Reserve Collection Sauvignon Blanc 2020 made history when it was awarded the Dubourdieu trophy for the best competing Sauvignon Blanc at the 12th...
TOPS at SPAR Wine Show among sponsors of Wine Harvest Commemorative Event
In a significant show of support for the South African wine industry, TOPS at SPAR Wine Show extended financial backing as one of the sponsors of the tenth Wine Harvest Commemorative Event. For the first time, this annual event was broadcast virtually from Groot...
Matt Manning’s new wine bar Culture officially opens its doors
Culture wine bar - a new venture by Matt Manning, Chef Patron at Grub & Vine / The Chef’s Studio - has officially opened its doors on Friday 30 October 2020! Deriving its name from Cape Town’s famous wine culture, the bar - which is adjacent to Manning’s popular...
TOPS at SPAR Wine Show is getting local & lekker with another online wine course!
TOPS at SPAR Wine Show’s ‘Local & Lekker – SA Wine’ online wine course starts on 29 September have you booked your spot yet? This entry-level course is neatly packaged into four live 60-minute online ‘Zoom’ sessions. Each session starts with some informative...
TOPS at SPAR Wine Show uncorks more opportunities to better your wine know-how
In these tumultuous times, TOPS at SPAR Wine Show remains 100% dedicated to keeping the conversation around local wine alive! During the first stages of lockdown, South Africa’s largest and most loved travelling wine show partnered with South Africa’s top wine...
Franschhoek Cap Classique & Champagne Festival Roundup
This year, we decided to attend the Sunday Big Bubbly Brunch on the second day of the event and it certainly did not disappoint. Having not attended the 2018 event, we were pleasantly surprised with the organisation & seating arrangements undercover which made the...
Waves of taste
Waverley Hills Organic Wine & Olive Estate is situated on the R46 between Wolseley and Ceres. We were on a weekend getaway in Wolseley and decided we'd like to go hiking and 'birding'. After ending up at Bergsig Estate who had a birding trail, we chose Waverley...
#ElginWine Chardonnay Tasting
South Africa produces some world-class Chardonnay and we were privileged to join Karen Glansfield (from KGB Wine) for an #ElginWine Chardonnay tasting recently. The showcased wines were all from the Elgin Valley. Elgin (located about 1.5hrs drive from Cape Town along...
The most effective ways of marketing wine
"Wine marketing is a black art that a club of specialists keeps all to themselves." This is what you might be telling yourself if you're venturing into this market for the first time. Wine (in fact, any) marketers have the constant task of balancing the following (the...
