Tag Archives: 2011

South Africa’s top wines in 2021 include 55 that were also on top in 2011

GOING BY the reviews of multiple vintages of South African wines by panels of connoisseurs the world over during the past 10 years, the following are those with the Top 10 track records in each category according to the 2021 SA Wine Classification. Highlighted in bold are those that also topped the Classification back in 2011. Talk about consistency! Continuing

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KWV determined to establish Roodeberg in South Africa

The home of Roodeberg and other KWV brands – an artist’s take on La Concorde, Paarl ROODEBERG was once enjoyed exclusively by wine lovers outside South Africa, by farmers who sold grapes to the Koöperatiewe Wijnbouwers Vereniging, by KWV directors and staff, by friends of the farmers and by those who had contacts at the KWV. The brand was born

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Old Mr Green’s been delivering bargains for 70 years plus

BY AND LARGE, Douglas Green is a range of good everyday-drinking SA wines sourced from producers in various parts of the Cape and sold at very competitive prices. Every now and then, however, along comes a vintage that performs above its station… On more than one occasion fans might have been forgiven for asking whether by mistake perhaps the brand

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