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Pick n Pay commits to purchasing 25 million bottles of local wine in 2021
A Christmas present was handed to the South African wine industry in the form of an announcement from one of...
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The rise of natural wine and why it’s trending in wine bars across the globe
There is a lot of confusion over the term natural wine. The words get bandied about by celebrities and hipsters...
Can specific glassware influence the taste of your wine?
The experience of tasting wine is a personal one – each person has a different palate; some with specific preferences....
2020: The year of virtual wine tastings
2020 may have been an all-round challenging year, but it did result in some trends we will forever be thankful...
Major wine awards will now open up to judging canned wines
Canned wine may currently be getting consumers’ attention but it’s nothing new – in the mid-1930s, three sweet wines in...
Wine 101: Learn to talk about wine with confidence
What do sauvignon blanc, chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon and syrah have in common? They all taste good! But what makes them...
This is what SA’s best wine labels look like – according to the experts
Have you ever been swayed to buy a bottle of wine purely because of its pretty label? You’re not alone....
Wine trends in unpredictable times
Wine tends to be associated with tradition and ceremony. However, if the surge in the production of canned wine has...
How the lockdown has affected the wine industry
The threat of a deadly virus to South Africa’s constrained health sector caused a swift reaction from the government and...
What to do with an unfinished bottle of wine – according to an expert
Take heart, wine-lovers – an opened, unfinished bottle of wine need not end in a tragedy of muted notes and...
