Hopeful chenin
Cinderella and workhorse were favourite clichés to describe the role of chenin blanc in the local wine industry of olden days. Well, it is a good few years since the horse has come to the ball and it is great to have her.

Chenin comes into its own
Hands up who drinks Chenin Blanc? Okay, then hands up who knows what Chenin Blanc even is?

Hoodwinked By Chenin
What's the deal with South African Chenin? It has been a variety that I have espoused with vim and vigour since I became a wine consumer of serious proportions.

Waterkloof launches maiden Circumstance Straw Wine
Waterkloof Estate has extended its lineage of elegant wines shaped by bio-dynamically farmed vineyards with the launch of the maiden Straw Wine 2009 under the acclaimed Circumstance label - made from 100% naturally sundried Chenin blanc grapes.

Learning the Whites - Chenin blanc
I try not to have any favourite children, they say you have to love them equally, but I must say that I find this child of the vine, very special. Chenin Blanc is one of the cultivar that can come is such a variety of styles that it is like a fruit salad.

Chenin blanc - SA's iconic white grape
"Chenin blanc needs to get over its previously disadvantaged background mentality and start realising its potential", this was the comment made by Ken Forrester when we invited him to share his views on Chenin blanc for our January focus area.

Jancis Robinson picks The Bernard Series as one of her 'great whites' for Christmas
In her annual selection of the best white wines for Christmas 2011 published recently in the UK Financial Times, eminently respected wine journalist and Master of Wine, Jancis Robinson, has included The Bernard Series Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2010.

Talking to the Chenin Kings
Chenin Blanc may be South Africa's great white hope. Graham Howe reports on the trend towards a new style - and the winemakers who are defining it as a focus variety.