B Vintners 2015 Chardonnay Fire Heath Walker Bay: Unusually aromatic with an almost a Muscat-like nose, I almost wish it hadn't known its grape variety when I first tasted it. This is a somewhat perplexing, but not at all displeasing, Chardonnay. Rather, it’s incredibly compelling.
Read MoreMade by South Africa's first black female winemaker, Ntsiki Biyela, Aslina Wines are crafted from classic French grape varieties in a lush and classy, South African style.
Read MoreDavid & Nadia Wines 2018 Pinotage Swartland: This is an unusual wine as it took ages to open up. The first day, it showed dull and flat. With just a few ounces out of the bottle, I put stoppered it and put it back in the wine fridge. Two days later, it was exactly the same. Back into the wine fridge under Vacu Vin. Nine days later, it finally came out of its shell.
Read MoreI am so jazzed to see so many full-throttle, high-quality wines arriving to the US shores from South Africa these days. At last! I used to drink most of this country’s ambitious to high quality wines almost soley in the UK. Here are some of my latest tastings of SA wines in New York City. I loved every one of these bottles.
Read MoreDavid Finlayson 2013 Chenin Blanc Single Vineyard Old Vine Camino Africana 13.5%: This characterful wine is composed of fruit harvested from bush vines planted in the Bottelary Hills of Stellenbosch in 1947. These vines are some of the oldest in the Cape.
Read MoreCartology is pertinently named for its mix of five vineyards, stretched through the center of the Cape. All are old, gnarly, bush-trained vines.
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