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Tim Atkin SA Special Report 95+ points tasting at One&Only Cape Town

It has been a few years since Tim awarded his sought-after points and it was a busy place at Tuesday, 06 September 2022

Red Blend tasting @wine.co.za - presented by PYDA student Mlondolozi Mketo

I didn't have any experience of presenting a wine before my first week of work placement at Wine.co.za, where I was asked to present a new red blend wine pack to their team as a blind tasting.
Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Prescient Chardonnay Report 2018

Winemag.co.za, in association with financial services company Prescient, announced the top Chardonnays - from a record number of 117 entries - at a celebratory sundowner event at the Norval Foundation in Cape Town on Tuesday, 16 October.
Friday, 19 October 2018

Cape Wine 2018 - Day 3 pics

Day 3 of Cape Wine was still busy with Seminars and Variety tasting gathering much interest. I engaged with a group of African Media from Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya and it is clear that there is a need for more wine education and info there to grow our market share.
Monday, 17 September 2018

The Quarters at Meerlust

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Nederburg Auction 2017

This was the first time that the auction was held on one day only and seasoned auctioneer David Elswood did a sterling job keeping it fresh and interesting even though it went over time by about an hour.
Sunday, 17 September 2017

Platter launch of 2017 at Table Bay Hotel

The Platter guide for 2017 was launched at the Table Bay hotel on Monday 31 Oct 2016. It really was a night for the big producers to show that they can make not just volume but great quality too.
Monday, 31 October 2016

Celebrating 40 years of Meerlust wines!

The South African Wine industry really is coming of age and Meerlust, being an icon of SA Wines, is forging ahead of the pack. I was honoured to celebrate their 40th year of wine-labels with their team on Friday 13 Nov, 2015.
Monday, 16 November 2015

Conny Ganss visiting Meerlust with Judy Brower from wine.co.za

Conny Ganss is a sommelier from Germany who has worked at Wein&Co in Austria and is taking a trip around the South African Winelands to experience it first hand, before she makes a decision about what her future holds for her.
Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Meerlust Tasting Room

Meerlust Estate has been the pride of the Myburgh family since 1756. Today, the traditional dedication to the art of winemaking continues under the guidance of Hannes Myburgh, eighth generation custodian of this seventeenth-century national monument.
Friday, 31 January 2014

Meerlust Estate

Another look at the Meerlust Estate : from the homestead to the tasting room; from the vineyards to the cellar.
Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Meerlust launches their 2011 Red

Chris Williams, winemaker at Meerlust, apologised for launching another vintage of their RED. What this means is that the wine which they usually blend for their Rubicon did not quite make it that far, so they bottle it under the RED label.
Friday, 10 May 2013

Meerlust - first Pinot Noir grapes harvested

wine.co.za's Judy Brower was out in the winelands and visited Meerlust, one of South Africa's most prestigious and well-loved wineries. They were just bringing in the first red grapes to be brought in for the harvest this season - their Pinot Noir grapes (7 Feb 2013).
Thursday, 07 February 2013

Meerlust Estate

Friday, 11 May 2012