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WineNews | top 10 most read articles in the past month
It's going to be wine-divine at the 2013 Tops Gugulethu Wine festival
07 May 2013 - TOPS at SPAR
Style it up for an evening of wine, music, food and wine-divine education at the 3rd annual TOPS Gugulethu Wine Festival taking place on Friday 24th May and Saturday 25th May 2013 on the rooftop of the Gugulethu Square Mall.

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5 best places and treats for your Mum on Mother’s Day
02 May 2013 - Shante Hutton, wine.co.za
Mother's Day, 12th May, is fast approaching and we're offering you some inspiration and guidance on ways you can treat that ever-important woman in your life.

We've got ideas for foodies, for those who need a bit of TLC and for those who want some sparkle and pop.

This article has been read 1108 times

Are wine tasting notes a load of poppycock?
13 May 2013 - Claire Hu
Claire Hu mulls over the implications of new research showing most consumers find wine descriptions unhelpful, pompous and downright baffling.

This article has been read 1105 times

Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show 2013 on screw caps, Shiraz, terroir and being French
10 May 2013 - Shante Hutton, wine.co.za
The Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show 2013 kicked off its annual feedback session with some great positives and interesting critiques of some of South Africa’s wines.

This article has been read 972 times

Come away with us!
13 May 2013 - wine.co.za
The South African winelands are beautiful. Diverse, varied and flaunting an air of approachability, no wonder South Africa as a whole is rated so highly as a tourist destination.

This article has been read 939 times

Women in Wine first for South Africa
04 May 2013 - Lucille Davie, SouthAfrica.info
Women in the Cape winelands are standing up to be counted, and are now producing their own wine, bottled under the label Women in Wine.

This article has been read 928 times

Dwindling water resources a concern for wineries
02 May 2013 - Spintelligent
The global average water footprint of grapes is 610 litre/kg. One kilogram of grapes produces approximately 0.7 litre of wine. This equates to the water footprint for wine being 870 litres of water per litre of wine or one glass of wine (125 ml) consuming 110 litres of water!

This article has been read 908 times

Champagne Boosts Brainpower
03 May 2013 - Jacob Gaffney, Wine Spectator
Champagne may bubble with more than deliciousness. According to research from a team at the Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy department of the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, organic acids in the French sparkling wine actually increase brainpower.

This article has been read 785 times

Harvesting solar energy
09 May 2013 - Spintelligent
More and more wine farms in South Africa are opting to install Solar PV technology onto their estates, with the view to reducing their carbon footprint, create a sustainable energy resource and become less reliant on the national energy grid.

This article has been read 773 times

Wish you were here at Slanghoek
02 May 2013 - Graham Howe
Graham Howe explores the Slanghoek Valley, a destination in the Breedekloof which has got the right mix of wine tourism, family heritage, good value, the great outdoors and real country pie at the cellar-door.

This article has been read 771 times



WineNews | top 10 most read articles in the past year
Decanter World Wine Awards 2012 - Results
23 May 2012 - Decanter World Wine Awards
The 2012 Decanter World Wine Awards results were officially announced yesterday at The London International Wine Fair.

This article has been read 12775 times

Top ten family-friendly wine farms in winter
19 June 2012 - Cathy Marston
Apart from the weather, taking your kids around wine farms in winter has much to recommend it.

This article has been read 8875 times

Neil Pendock's Five Heart Heroes
31 October 2012 - Neil Pendock
A Halloween present to hard-pressed SA wine producers.  147 five-heart wines, the distillation of three weeks tasting around the Winelands with my Portuguese wineheart Aníbal Coutinho.  

This article has been read 5880 times

Mix-Master Channels Inner-Ninja to create 'Fynbos' - Brandy Cocktail
23 October 2012 - South African Brandy Foundation
A brandy cocktail inspired by Fynbos, one of the world’s six floral kingdoms, has been crowned South Africa’s Brandy Cocktail of the Year 2012. The cocktail mix master behind this new national drink is Eugene Thompson of Johannesburg. 

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Celebrating unique handcrafted wines
01 June 2012 - Carla van der Merwe
This month we look at wines that were made in small quantities, either from boutique cellars, single vineyards or garagiste winemakers. The six wine farms that we chose to focus on are Edgebaston, Chabivin, Jacobsdal, Remhoogte, Ridgeback and Jordan.

This article has been read 5602 times

Warm up with big red wines this winter
02 July 2012 - Carla van der Merwe
The cold Cape winter is now upon us, with the weather dictating weekends spent in front of a fireplace or snugly wrapped in a warm coat. I quite enjoy the cold as it gives me the opportunity to sip on a big juicy red wine while I warm up.

This article has been read 4931 times

Handcrafted spirits - the next big thing?
05 January 2013 - Cathy Marston
"The best way to make money from a wine bar - is to sell cocktails." This was the advice we received quite early on in our restaurant career and I have to say that it was probably right.

This article has been read 4818 times

English wine: still wines soon to sparkle
05 June 2012 - Dave March, CWM
Few wine lovers can be unaware that England makes wine. Many will know that it makes some very good wines and is establishing a worldwide reputation for its Sparkling Wines; two Golds at the 2012 IWC and the 2012 IWSC; Ridgeview Estate alone picked up three medals, including a 'best in class', for its sparklings in the previous year's IWSC and in 2010, Camel Valley's Rosé stunned many when it won the IWS Trophy - against top Champagnes.

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Wonderful women winemakers
01 August 2012 - Carla van der Merwe
This month we celebrate women of the winelands. We travelled along the wine route to visit nine great female winemakers, viticulturalists and business women at seven different wine estates. Not only are these ladies good at their jobs but they're wonderful people too.

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SA wines vs European wines
21 May 2012 - Claire Hu
Can South African wine ever compete in the prestige stakes against European labels? Claire Hu finds out which local wines are creating a buzz in the country's biggest export market during a gluttonous visit to London.

This article has been read 4241 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 23528 times

Top 100 SA Wines 2012 results
20 April 2012 - Top 100 SA Wines
The eagerly awaited winning wines from South Africa's Top 100 Wine Challenge were announced last night together with the launch of the new edition book Top 100 SA Wines and Wine Lists 2012.

This article has been read 21108 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 14619 times

A first in history - an elephant assisted Boplaas in producing wine
11 February 2008 - Klein Karoo Wine Route
For thousands of year's man has helped produce wine through treading the grapes with his feet. For the first time in history - an elephant is used to help produce a wine through treading the grapes with his feet.

This article has been read 13717 times

Brand building the old-fashioned way
14 April 2011 - Ross Sleet, Sleet Consultancy
Brand building in any industry consists of playing soft and hard with consumers perceptions and reactions to your brand. Do you behave as a Labrador or a Rottweiler?

This article has been read 12931 times

Decanter World Wine Awards 2012 - Results
23 May 2012 - Decanter World Wine Awards
The 2012 Decanter World Wine Awards results were officially announced yesterday at The London International Wine Fair.

This article has been read 12775 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 12102 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 11623 times

Five stars announced in 2011 John Platter Wine Guide
17 November 2010 - WINE.CO.ZA
A total of 58 5-star wines were announced yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, 16 November) at the launch of the 2011 John Platter Guide.

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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 11030 times




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