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Among the best Shiraz – though Hartenberg say they’ve gone one better

05/2019 Mike Froud Leave a comment

HARTENBERG Estate’s charming underground cellar is not only the home of maturing Shiraz and then some, but also a gallery of 12 artworks by German coppersmith Karl Heinz Wilhelm depicting the various phases of cultivating and producing wine. On the surface, the Mackenzie family’s vineyards are planted to a number of different varieties, however this farm in the Bottelary

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French go down to South Africa in their own back yard with four Cape wines among Top 10 at Syrah du Monde, Rhône

05/2014 Mike Froud Leave a comment

THERE WERE raised eyebrows among the Francophiles when results of the eighth Syrah du Monde were announced in the northern Rhône, France. The judges reviewed 405 wines from 26 countries and at the end of three days there were four South Africans among the Top 10, versus two from France. And in their own back yard! Ooh la la!!