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  • BlankBottle Pat Bird 2021

    Tell me this doesn’t look like a white wine bottle and label? It’s Petit Verdot. And that's the thing about Blankbottle - Pieter Walser, the winemaker, intentionally subverts one's expectations of wine by playing with bottle shapes, winemaking techniques, blends...

  • Magna Carta Sémillon 2022

    Each year I vaguely think about the wines that I want to acquire and explore. Magna Carta wines have been on this list every single year since I first learned about the wines around 2020. And, more than ever, Mphumi,...

  • Rebel Rebel Old Vine Colombar 2023

    I’m so very late to this Rebel Rebel party...but yo, I’m here now....and this Rebel Rebel Old Vine Colombar is a banging boogie! The Wine: A far yellower yellow than I expected...but those boogie lights delivered on their promise of...

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A South African wine blog where you'll find reviews on my favourite South African wines, with a few international wines sprinkled in for good measure. From dry to sweet, still to the occasional sparkling, this is what I've been drinking, thinking and learning.


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