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WineNews | top 10 most read articles in the past month
Looking back and moving forward
01 September 2010 - Nederburg Auction
Friday 3rd September will see the Nederburg Auction mark its 36th anniversary, a significant milestone that looks back on its humble beginnings in 1975.  This week-end's event celebrates the theme of Then and Now, tracing the evolution of the time when there were just 15 wines on offer from five participants, compared with this year's 161 speciality wines from 81 producers that are intended to provide a selection with appeal to a broad spectrum of niched and multiple retailers and on-consumption customers.

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High Constantia's Wines Reach the Shores of the UK Once Again
01 September 2010 - High Constantia
In 2006, UK wine distributor / wholesaler Cellaret went into administration leaving a string of top wine producers "hanging out to dry", and also many with a whole in their balance sheet.

This article has been read 266 times

Priorat: The Golden Region
01 September 2010 - Nikki Lordan, WINE.CO.ZA
In the north east of Spain, near the city of Barcelona, lies the Priorat region. Divided into two wine appellations, the Priorat and Montsant, often referred to by wine critics (depending on their personal preference) as either Montsant, the golden ring or Priorat, the golden yolk inside the fried egg.

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Taste Veritas Winners Nationwide
02 September 2010 - Veritas Awards
You don't have to empty your pockets or purchase all the Veritas winners in order to have a taste of this star studded selection of South African wines.

This article has been read 258 times

Maturing over time
03 September 2010 - Nederburg Auction
"Lunch at the very first Nederburg Auction was a simple affair. Boerewors rolls eaten at trestle tables on the lawn was as elegant as it got", remembers the visionary Michael 'Spatz' Sperling of Delheim, one of the five original producers to participate at the inaugural event on 15th March 1975.

This article has been read 258 times

Totally English wine list for south-west pub
02 September 2010 - Sonya Hook, morningadvertiser.co.uk
The owners of the Bricklayer's Arms in Putney were so impressed with the range and quality of English wine when they started researching the sector that they now plan to launch an exclusively English wine list this September.

This article has been read 242 times

Soweto Wine Festival Promises Glamour And Glitz
01 September 2010 - shout-africa.com
With less than a week to go, the 2010 Soweto Wine Festival, happening on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th September, is being hailed as the "Bumper Issue" of all wine festivals when all the glamorous people of Gauteng descend upon the most happening place in Soweto, the Soweto Wine Festival.

This article has been read 231 times

Pierneef ą La Motte Restaurant Opens its Doors
01 September 2010 - La Motte
An exciting experience is awaiting food lovers with the opening of a new restaurant on La Motte Wine Estate in the Franschhoek Valley. From Saturday, 4th September the doors of the Pierneef ą La Motte Restaurant will welcome visitors to a unique presentation known as Cape Winelands Cuisine.

This article has been read 209 times

EU-Australia wine trade agreement enters into force on September 1 2010
01 September 2010 - Clive Leviev-Sawyer, sofiaecho.com/2010/08/31/9537
A new agreement governing the wine trade between Australia and the European Union enters into force on September 1 2010, the European Commission said in a media statement. The agreement replaces one signed in 1994.

This article has been read 203 times

What a Week That Was! Of Celebrity Chefs, Winemakers & Sommeliers
03 September 2010 - Graham Howe
Celebrity winemakers are diversifying - collaborating on wines with celebrity chefs, designing restaurant wine-lists and making signature house wines for top restaurants.

This article has been read 191 times



WineNews | top 10 most read articles in the past year
Tim Atkin's top 25 South African wines
11 December 2009 - Tim Atkin, Decanter.com
He's been accused of having it in for South Africa, and being overly critical of its reds (especially those 'rubbery' ones). So we asked Tim Atkin MW to tell us what's great about the Cape. He wasn't short of options...

This article has been read 2523 times

Shiraz shines at the Winemakers' Choice 2009
16 September 2009 - Winemakers' Choice
The concept of winemakers being judged by their peers has proven to be a huge success, with the Investec Private Bank Winemakers' Choice showing growth in entries and more support from the winemakers.

This article has been read 2464 times

Platter's Wine Guide marks 30th anniversary with launch of smartphone version and wine industry sustainability drive
16 November 2009 - Platter's South African Wine Guide
Platter's Guide, South Africa's original and still best-selling wine annual, celebrated its 30th anniversary today with the launch of the 2010 edition and the simultaneous release of a mobile version for the Apple iPhone® and iPod touch®.

This article has been read 2458 times

Wine competitions: a willing suspension of disbelief
08 September 2009 - Neil Pendock
Neil Pendock reports on the death knell tolling loudly for wine competitions, but is anyone listening?

This article has been read 2388 times

Down with expensive wine
08 February 2010 - Neil Pendock
Are pricey wines going the way of the dodo? Neil Pendock investigates.

This article has been read 2340 times

Indulge all the senses at the Helderberg Wine Festival
21 October 2009 - CVO Marketing Pty Ltd
Strawberries and bubbly, chocolates and coffee, home-crafted goodies, great Italian, interesting Thai - all set to the sounds of laid-back jazz, classical harp music or up-beat pop - await the visitor at next weekend's Rola Motor Group Helderberg Wine Festival.

This article has been read 2294 times

Winelands Xenophobia
09 March 2010 - Neil Pendock
Neil Pendock runs a conspiracy theory flag up the Neethlingshof flagpole and waits to see if anyone salutes.

This article has been read 2224 times

Best Wines on Show at RMB WineX Johannesburg
11 November 2009 - Out Sorceress Marketing
The tenth RMB WineX Johannesburg, held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 27 to 30 October, showed a seven percent increase in visitor numbers and exceeded all expectations in the current economic climate.

This article has been read 1870 times

Wine Spectator picks 17 white wines
08 March 2010 - Peridot Communications
Internationally read wine magazine Wine Spectator continues to sing the praises of South African wines and included a list of top Cape white wines in its most recent issue.

This article has been read 1844 times

Passport offers great savings and weekends of fun in the winelands
12 November 2009 - GC Communications
A Passport that takes you to 14 of the finest cellar doors in the Cape Winelands with major savings of up to 60% on tastings and tours, has recently been launched to offer visitors a variety of experiences at a packaged price.

This article has been read 1815 times



WineNews | top 10 most read articles ever
Organic viticulture ? is it a load of compost?
30 March 2006 - Frank Smith
Swedish soil scientist Dr Holger Kirchmann claims organic farming is no better for the environment than conventional farming methods. Frank Smith reports from Australia.

This article has been read 14651 times

New study confirms wine industry as major source of economic growth in South Africa
20 October 2004 - Emile Joubert
The South African wine industry?s position as a pre-eminent player in the national economy has been confirmed by a study that has pegged the industry?s contribution to the country?s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at R16,3bn.

This article has been read 9331 times

Viagra and the wine blogosphere
16 May 2006 - Kim Maxwell

Kim Maxwell ponders sexual innuendo, silent conversations and nudists after noticing the frenzied attraction of a little-known Wellington winery called Stormhoek.

This article has been read 8769 times

Naked Ambition in the Cellar and Vineyard
25 July 2007 - Kim Maxwell
Paarl estate Avondale is breaking with yawn-worthy traditions and selling a holistic wine message based on ducks and sex appeal. As Kim Maxwell found out, associations with swimwear calendars don’t seem to be harming the message.

This article has been read 8022 times

Pendock Unfiltered - Cork Catastrophe
28 April 2006 - Neil Pendock
Commenting on the Swiss International Air Lines Wine Awards results in 2004, chairman of judges Robert Joseph made the point ‘corked wines ran somewhere between 7 and 8% of entries, a scandalously high rejection rate.’ Two years later and we’re up to 15% cork taint on Sauvignon Blanc and a new sound bite from Joseph: ‘SA has the worst corks in the world.’

This article has been read 7289 times

The best and worst whines of 2005
11 January 2006 - Graham Howe
Graham Howe looks back on the ten highlights of 2005 in a humorous review of the major controversies and trends that shook the South African wine industry.

This article has been read 6952 times

Revolution from the earth
08 October 2004 - Leonie Joubert
Organic wine production is so obscured with buzz-words and jargon that we often can?t see our scale-eating lady birds for our sulphur-free Shiraz. But the truth is that it?s not just a bunch of post-?60s eco-fascists trying to propagate a strange new religion. It may just be about survival, writes Leonie Joubert.

This article has been read 6670 times

John Platter Five Star Wines 2006 announced
24 August 2005 - Ina de Villiers PR
The announcement is the culmination of several months of intensive tasting by an internationally experienced team of some 5 000 individual wines.

This article has been read 6602 times

Taking it to the extreme
27 September 2005 - Leonie Joubert
For the president of the United States ? who has consistently sidestepped issues around global warming ? the mopping-up operations in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina should be a shrill wakeup call. Climate change fundis predict that the planet will experience more extreme weather events, writes Leonie Joubert, and the Western Cape won?t be spared.

This article has been read 6538 times

A Dearth of Bottles for SA Wine Industry
17 July 2007 - Sasha Lagrange
Wine industry players are alarmed about what appears to be a shortage of glass bottles affecting the industry. Is there a real shortage of bottles and if so, why? What, if anything, can be done about it? Sasha Lagrange investigates.

This article has been read 6396 times




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