Langhe Hills Nebbiolo: The best value reds in the world?

by Brice & Burnett | Apr 23, 2024 | All, International wines

Langhe Nebbiolo offers some of the most elegant drinking pleasure of any style of red wine. To our mind, they are also some of the greatest value reds on the planet. On tasting GD Vajra’s Langhe Nebbiolo, Antonio Galloni of Vinous...

100-point Bordeaux, ‘intriguing’ Ataraxia Chardonnay & new wave Rioja

by Brice & Burnett | Apr 19, 2024 | All

If, like us, you have a thirst for something new this week, Ataraxia’s 2022 Skin Contact Chardonnay is anything but ordinary. It’s the most exciting wine we’ve tasted from this producer in quite some time! For easy drinking on the stoep this autumn, look no...

Almaviva –Two of the world’s greatest wine families unite

by Brice & Burnett | Apr 18, 2024 | All, International wines

Almaviva is a Franco-Chilean partnership between Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Mouton Rothschild and Concha y Toro of Chile. United by their pursuit of excellence, Almaviva has become one of South America’s finest and most...

Carinus 2022s: Chenin magic with Lukas Van Loggerenberg & Chris Alheit

by Brice & Burnett | Apr 16, 2024 | All, Local wines

Danie and Hugo Carinus are exceptional growers, supplying their sought-after grapes to the country’s leading producers. So when rockstar winemakers Lukas Van Loggerenberg and Chris Alheit decided to collaborate with the Carinus cousins, the outcome was sure to be...

Storm 2022 Pinot Noirs: A spellbinding trio

by Brice & Burnett | Apr 11, 2024 | All, Local wines

Storm Wines’ Pinot Noirs have received high praise in the past, but we expect the class of 2022 to trump everything that’s come before! 2022 is a near-perfect vintage for the trio of Pinots, demonstrating Hannes’ deftness in the vineyard and...