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WineNews | top 10 most read articles in the past month
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 857 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 640 times

Harvest Report from Bruwer Raats
04 March 2010 - WINE.CO.ZA
"Think out of the box," says Bruwer Raats of the 2010 Harvest.

This article has been read 571 times

Liquor policy evokes strong reaction
03 March 2010 - Danie Cronjé, Cluver Markotter Inc
The publication of a liquor policy for the 2010 Soccer World Cup in the government Gazette on 18 January 2010 has evoked strong reaction from the owners of restaurants and clubs.

This article has been read 520 times

All in all a "pretty useful guide"
02 March 2010 - Cathy Marston
Somehow reading about wine never has the appeal of actually drinking the stuff, so when I was faced with the latest book to review for this site, I thought I would try and combine both activities. So last night I opened a bottle of Table Bay Sauvignon, opened the Wine Tourism Handbook, sat back and prepared to be enlightened.

This article has been read 514 times

Storm brews over mining issue
05 March 2010 - Nikki Lordan, WINE.CO.ZA
Tempers have been brewing the last couple of weeks when government-controlled mining company, African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation, focused its attention on over 4700 hectares of land in the Stellenbosch, Bottelary and Tygerberg region for the purpose of mining amongst others tin, zinc, copper, lithium and silver ore.

This article has been read 512 times

Blood Tin - Terroir vs Mines
04 March 2010 - Allister Kreft, Under the Influence
This weekend a friend of mine mentioned that some wine farms were up for land grabs due to mining proposals in the Western Cape. I laughed it off as something generated by the rumour mill but to my horror the rumours were confirmed by a call to Jordan and an article from WOSA this morning.

This article has been read 447 times

The 2010 Santam Classic Wine Trophy winners announced
09 March 2010 - Santam Classic Wine Trophy
At the Santam Classic Wine Trophy awards dinner, hosted at the Taj Cape Town hotel, Warwick Wine Estate was commended by the panel of French judges as overall winner for the Warwick 'Trilogy' red blend showing consistent quality and elegance in the competition each year.

This article has been read 418 times

Constantia Fresh Delights
08 March 2010 - Norman McFarlane
Let's face it, Jörg Pfützner knows how to organise a classy bash. The Aylesford Constantia Fresh Festival, well the part of it that I did get to attend on Saturday afternoon, was fabulous.

This article has been read 402 times

Singita sommelier selected to prestigious wine judging academy
02 March 2010 - FIVESTAR PR
Singita Game Reserves Sommelier, Chris Ford, was chosen as one of only 20 participants to attend the prestigious 2010 Wine Judging Academy hosted by WINE Magazine and leading wine critic Michael Fridjhon in Cape Town recently.

This article has been read 388 times



WineNews | top 10 most read articles in the past year
Wine Prices
13 July 2009 - Neil Pendock
Neil Pendock and the Sunday Times Good Value Guru are in the middle of a ten day road trip through the Cape winelands, following the spoor of value for money wines. A report from the value front.

This article has been read 2513 times

How are South African wines selling overseas?
08 June 2009 - Kim Maxwell
It used to be about medal stickers, but 2009 could be the year of pavement pounding to ride the recession out, says Kim Maxwell.

This article has been read 2182 times

FIFA Furore
04 May 2009 - Neil Pendock
Neil Pendock reports on a controversial tender to choose wines for the FIFA Federations Cup in June.

This article has been read 1992 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 1877 times

ABSA Top Ten Pinotage: Best of the best
28 August 2009 - ML Communications
Demand for South Africa's Pinotage wines is still growing internationally due to a combination of quality and the unique selling point that it is our homegrown red wine cultivar.

This article has been read 1866 times

The People's Guide
03 July 2009 - Neil Pendock & Michael Olivier
Michael Olivier and Neil Pendock will be publishing 'The People's Guide - navigate the winelands in a shopping trolley', later this year. WINE.CO.ZA will offer a weekly glimpse of wines which are Michael and Neil's finds of the week, together with one of Michael's home tested recipes using fresh seasonal ingredients.

This article has been read 1804 times

New liquor act puts strain on wine industry
12 August 2009 - Nikki Lordan, WINE.CO.ZA
The wheel of wine produce is slowly turning as the stern regulations of the new liquor act make the wine industry take a pause and reflect on the consequences, should this bill be approved.

This article has been read 1775 times

Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show Awards 2009 - Nederburg consolidates its 2008 triumph
02 June 2009 - Out Sorceress Marketing
Nederburg repeated its 2008 success when the Paarl cellar again won the Fairbairn Capital Trophy for the Most Successful Producer at the 2009 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show. The competition, judged over four days in early May at the Grande Roche in Paarl, attracted a record 1,155 entries from 257 cellars. Nederburg secured the Most Successful Producer slot with trophies for its Noble Late Harvest 2007 (best Noble Late Harvest) and Private Bin Eminence Muscadel Natural Sweet 2008 (best Natural Sweet), a gold medal for the Noble Late Harvest 2008 plus seven silver medals and eleven bronze medals. Kleine Zalze secured second position in the Most Successful Producer rankings, followed by Fleur du Cap and Vergelegen in joint third position.

This article has been read 1755 times

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 1648 times

WOSA Mega-Tasting: what was in the glass?
09 November 2009 - Neil Pendock
Neil Pendock reports on foreign feedback from last month's WOSA Mega-Tasting in London and comes up with some disturbing observations.

This article has been read 1559 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 12024 times

New study confirms wine industry as major source of ecconomic 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 9040 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 7111 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 6922 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 6871 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 6462 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 6455 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 6238 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 6122 times

Winesceptre keeps wine at ideal drinking temperature
18 April 2006 - Grapevine Communications
No more icebuckets!

This article has been read 5962 times




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