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		<title>Love of People: Mentorship and Diversity in the Wine Industry. From representation to real power.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 07:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Across the Cape Winelands, a quiet shift is gaining momentum, one rooted in mentorship, ownership and community development. It’s a shift that’s not just reshaping who gets to be part of the wine industry, but how they thrive within it. For too long, knowledge of wine was something passed around the same tables through informal apprenticeships, family networks, and closed-door connections. For many black South Africans, this meant not just exclusion from ownership, but exclusion from understanding: terroir, varietals, markets, culture. But change is happening, and mentorship is at the heart of it. Because wine, after all, isn’t learned in isolation. It’s passed hand to hand, cellar to cellar, harvest to harvest. And when mentorship is structured, intentional, and inclusive, it becomes a powerful bridge across the barriers that have long held the industry back. The results? Transformational, not just for individuals, but for the industry’s future. Phil Bowes, Manager of Inclusive Growth Strategies at SA Wine, shares that the sector now supports 107 black-owned wine brands, up by 50% in just ten years, alongside 81 black-owned farms spanning grape production, logistics, and retail. But more than the numbers, it’s the capability that’s grown: a generation of better technically equipped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swirl, sniff, sip AND story – how narrative makes wine mean more</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 08:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long before tasting rooms and Insta-worthy vineyards, there were people. Characters. Romances. Epic treks. And, yes, wine. It turns out that what’s in the bottle often starts with what’s on the page. Because the truth is, the more you know about a wine’s backstory, the more you feel connected to the glass in your hand. Take Laurens Campher, for example. A young German soldier who landed in the untamed Cape in the late 1600s, he fell in love with Ansela van de Caab, a woman enslaved at the Castle of Good Hope. Every few weeks, Laurens would walk – yes, walk – the 50-kilometre journey from Stellenbosch to Cape Town just to see her. Three days on foot, no horse, just heart. Then there’s Johannes Augustus Dreyer, who reportedly fled Europe after a fatal duel over a woman. A century and a half later, his descendants would plant more than 1 300 vines on a Swartland farm. That land became Leeuwenkuil – ‘Lion’s Lair’ – a now-iconic name echoing wildness, resilience and history. Leeuwenkuil’s home turf was once the stomping ground of the Cape lion, now extinct but immortalised in the ironwork on the farm’s historic front door. The land [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Chardonnay is on the rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 06:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were to name Chardonnay as South Africa’s fastest growing category in 2024, you’d be right. According to Head of Insights and Business Advisory at Vinimark, Oelof Weideman, ‘Retailers are becoming more open to stocking Chardonnay and there are currently 504 Chardonnay products available at major retailers in South Africa. That’s 11 more than there were four years ago.’ This growth becomes even more interesting if you consider ‘Chardonnay is one of the most expensive white wines in the market at an average cost of R84,16 per bottle’, Weideman says. ‘Although 70% of Chardonnay sales are for easy-drinking products that are unwooded, and which come in at less than R100 a bottle, we are seeing growth at the higher price points, too.’ Premium Chardonnays are usually wooded, thus requiring longer maturation time and an investment in extended production by the winemaker. Some of these wines fetch more than R600 per bottle, but most sit at the R200-R300 per bottle mark.  ‘Yet every price band, from entry level to premium, is showing more than five percent growth and keeping up with inflation,’ Weideman says. ‘There has been no change in the top five Chardonnay sellers in the lower price brackets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>42: The answer to life, the universe &#8211; and winemaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 13:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number 42 might appear at first glance to be just an ordinary pair of digits, but for fans of Douglas Adams&#8217;s The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy it holds a much deeper significance. According to the popular book and its film version, 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything &#8211; a concept that still resonates today, in our era of endless information and our ceaseless quest for meaning and enlightenment. 42 challenges us to think beyond the obvious and embrace the absurdity and mystery of existence. The number has special significance for award-winning wine brand Orpheus &#38; The Raven, weaving a thread through the very fabric of its winemaking and philosophical approach to the world. The brand produces a boutique range of bespoke wines that are released regularly as well as special limited-editions. One of the wines in their range is even named after 42 &#8211; Orpheus &#38; The Raven No. 42 Cape Blend. It also happens to be a best-seller in its category according to sales data from Circana. According to seasoned winemaker Etienne Louw, 42 represents curiosity, exploration and the pursuit of knowledge &#8211; much like the journey of Orpheus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes on tasting: How does ‘Cat’s Pee on a Gooseberry Bush’ grab you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 12:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This could be one of wine tasting’s most (in)famous quotes. Occasionally, we do need to resort to brutal honesty or shock factor to describe wine, to define that which is rather difficult to pin down &#8211; even for a professional. If it were easy, we wouldn’t have to study for 5 years and sit 10 examinations to be called a Master of Wine. Tasting wine as impartially as possible to evaluate its merits is separate from exercising personal preference and drinking wine for sheer enjoyment. For some consumers, the desire to graduate from casual drinker to aficionado is how ‘swirling, sniffing, spitting types’ are made. None of us emerges from the womb clutching a spittoon and a ready-made repertoire of tasting notes. For others such as cellar masters, winemakers, sommeliers, judges, critics and any industry professionals, wine is not merely a side passion; it is a lifelong career in which tasting is critical and forms part of the educational training. It is widely acknowledged to be far easier to score a wine when vital details such as variety or blend, region and vintage are already known; it is much harder when we are forced to rely solely on sensorial sleuth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvesting the future: South African wine continues to transform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the country celebrates 365 years of winemaking, award-winning wine writer Malu Lambert asks what forces are shaping the future of South Africa’s wine industry, which is evolving exponentially through ongoing innovations, inclusivity and socioeconomic programmes, as well as a commitment to sustainability. Much like 365 years ago, since the first recorded harvest, grapes hang plump in the Cape’s vineyards, waiting to be snipped from the vine. The South African wine harvest 2024, one of the earliest in recent memory, has set off at a gallop, accompanied by the hum of tractors as they amble from site to cellar, the whirr of optical sorting tables and the pleasing hush of the pneumatic press.  The Cap Classique harvest – which generally begins two weeks before still wine – was also early. ‘We started picking on 4 January,’ says Krone Cap Classique winemaker Stephan de Beer from the estate in Tulbagh. ‘It’s the earliest harvest in the 16 years I’ve been at Twee Jonge Gezellen.’ No stranger to innovation, the estate has been night-harvesting its grapes since the 1980s, a tradition that helps retain acidities and pure fruit flavours. Cold fermentation in South Africa was also pioneered here, in the 1950s. More [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matured to perfection over eight years, Spier proudly releases the small-lot 2016 Prestige Cuvée Cap Classique</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to winemaking, Cap Classique is not your standard bottle of wine. For winemakers up to the task, crafting a Cap Classique shifts into the territory of a magnum opus, a bona fide obsession that requires earlier harvesting, techniques like manual bottle ‘riddling’, and above all, flutes-full of patience. Put simply, it’s not for everyone. But when done well, the output easily surpasses the additional input. Case in hand, Spier’s latest release: 2016 Prestige Cuvée. Launched with the 2013 vintage and followed on by the 2015, the 2016 marks only the third time this Cap Classique has been made. Produced only from outstanding lots, the grapes for the 2016 Prestige Cuvée were harvested during one of the worst drought periods the Western Cape has ever faced.The 2016 vintage marks just the third time Spier has produced its Prestige Cuvée Cap Classique sparkling wine. First launched in 2013 and again in 2015, this rare cap classique is only made in outstanding vintages. The 2016 vintage was one of the worst droughts the Western Cape region has ever faced; yet while the water table was low, the grape quality was exceptional. The Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes reached unparalleled concentration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The latest Cap Classique trends and why South Africans are loving it so much</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 11:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like bubbles rising in a flute, Cap Classique is on the ascent. Here are the latest trends and why South Africans are loving it so much. Not too long ago, we knew it as Methode Cap Classique, but after a strategic name update to strengthen its positioning and ease of recall, the Cap Classique category was reborn and has emerged stronger than ever. While many of us use terms like bubbly, Champagne, MCC and sparkling wine interchangeably, Cap Classique is not to be confused with the rest. Typically, sparkling wine is carbonated using a gassy production method not too far removed from a household SodaStream. What distinguishes Cap Classique is the careful process of fermentation in the bottle and the long period of time needed – usually a minimum of 12 months – for naturally occurring bubbles to form. Krone Caroline van Schalkwyk, Marketing Manager for the Cap Classique Association, stresses the element of time in the making of fine South African Cap Classique: ‘It’s an important differentiator because it recognises the additional investment producers make in the pursuit of higher quality,’ she says. In short, it takes a lot more work and technical ability to produce a Cap Classique, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spier’s Golden Grapes Championing regenerative farming, Spier wins 3 Double Golds and 4 Golds at 2023 Veritas Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2023 08:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spier is honoured to have been recognised once again at the 2023 Veritas Awards held this month. The Spier 21 Gables Chenin Blanc 2021, Creative Block 5 2020 and Seaward Chenin Blanc 2022 received the coveted Double Gold medal, while the following wines received an exciting Gold medal: Private Collection Chenin Blanc 2022 (a Woolworths exclusive) Woolworths Signature Series Merlot 2019 Creative Block 2 2022 Seaward Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 The Veritas Awards, now in its 26th year, is one of the oldest and most prestigious competitions in South Africa. As an annual wine calendar highlight, the “Oscars” of the wine industry’s gala ceremony hosted at the CTICC also marked the first in-person celebration since the three-year pause due to the pandemic. “It’s a real honour to stand out in a crowd of over 1200 entries at this year’s Veritas Awards! It underlines our steadfast dedication to making exceptional wines. And let me tell you, with so much talent in one room at the gala, there’s no doubt in my mind: South African wine is definitely on the up and up!” shares Spier Cellar Master Johan Jordaan, our Cellar Master. At the forefront of Spier&#8217;s achievements, year after year, stands the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spier introduces Organic Harvest: A Garden-to-Glass Tasting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 13:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the demand for more naturally produced wines &#8211; that taste just as good &#8211; rises, Spier’s new Organic Harvest: a Garden-to-Glass tasting at Spier proves that regenerative farming is a win-wine situation. Spier has launched a new tasting experience, the Organic Harvest: a Garden-to-Glass Tasting. The new tasting combines award-winning organic wines with vegetarian bites made using fresh ingredients straight from the Spier Food Garden. Certified organic wine is made with grapes grown without the use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides, or other artificial chemicals. At present, all vines on Spier’s own farm are organic. This way of farming nurtures the vineyard as a living ecological system and allows for grapes full of incredible flavour and complexity. Spier’s Organic Winemaker, Tania Kleintjes, explains, &#8220;The big difference with organic wine is in the vineyard &#8211; not the taste.&#8221; As a complement to their organic wine initiatives, this unique tasting is paired with fresh produce from the farm garden. The Spier Food Garden has been transformed from an old horse paddock into a thriving horticultural hotspot to grow delicious and nutrient-rich produce using eco-friendly and regenerative techniques. The new tasting features four delicious organic wines, including Good Natured Sauvignon Blanc, Farm House [...]]]></description>
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