Decanter has selected 12 leading white blends from SA that ‘rival the best from Bordeaux, the Rhone and beyond’. Alheit Vineyards Cartology 2011 is among their top picks (having been awarded 19/20), along with Mullineux White 2011 (18.5/20), Lammershoek Roulette Blanc 2010 (18/20) and Adi Badenhorst’s Funky White NV (17.5/20). Visit Decanter.com for the full list of wines. As [...]

Take a look at British critic Jamie Goode’s interview with Chris ‘Butch’ Alheit and his wife Suzaan. The Swartland couple explain the winemaking philosophy behind Cartology and introduce their first single-vineyard wine: Radio Lazarus. The 2011 vintage of Cartology received 96 points from Neal Martin and was one of Tim Atkin’s top picks from SA. [...]

The video of the Young Guns 2 tasting at Wine Cellar. The video takes a quick look at South Africa’s top young winemakers and some of the wines they presented at the tasting.  

  (Their wines are a lot better than this photoshop job)  You don’t get to look into the future all that often. That gaze is normally reserved for prophets, seers, and witch-doctors, we are offering you the chance to do just that on the 9th of May. The Young Guns tasting is the most exciting [...]