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Stellenbosch Meerlust Red 2009

May 14, 2012
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I don’t know what Meerlust means, but it’s an evocative word. To me it oozes decadence, opulence and indulgence. And these were the associations I had before even opening the bottle – the bottle that teasingly states that it can be laid down in a cellar for some years to mature. Rubbish. It hadn’t a [...]

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Vriesenhof Kallista 2004

August 1, 2011
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The major disadvantage of supermarkets dominating the retail sale of wine is that sometimes it can be difficult to find something different or a bit special produced by an independent, smaller and more boutique estate or vineyard. The big supermarket chains force huge discounts on their suppliers that only really those that produce huge volumes [...]

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Stellenzicht Rhapsody 2004

April 8, 2011
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South African winemakers have been in a bit of a quandary regarding Pinotage in the last few decades but now seem more assured with what to do with this grape variety as it is increasingly being used as a blending component to lend backbone, structure and a bit of New World exotic elegance to wine [...]

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Raats Cabernet Franc 2007

March 21, 2011
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Cabernet Franc is an under-rated grape variety, in my opinion, and not many wine lovers get a chance to appreciate it in its individual glory as it is primarily used for blending. One of the two parent grapes of Cabernet Sauvignon (Sauvignon Blanc being the other), it is often overshadowed by its sibling and its [...]

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Neethlingshof Malbec 2009

March 14, 2011
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Every cloud has a silver lining. If my local Waitrose had not burned down a few years back I probably would never have got to try this wine and for that I’m grateful. Of course, I am not about to go out and torch every Waitrose so they get rebuilt with better wine sections but [...]

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Meerlust Merlot 2005

January 25, 2011
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Trawling through my regular wine-buying websites the other day to see what bargains there were to be had, I nearly fell off my chair when I saw this wine advertised on special offer with Majestic at £15.99 per bottle. Not only is this a very good price for one of South Africa’s best producers of [...]

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