For too long, South African wine has been dismissed as a supermarket bargain rather than a fine wine contender. But as Hannah Twiggs discovers, with world-class terroir, a deep winemaking history and ...

Chenin blanc is the flagship white grape variety of South Africa (covered here last ... covering just 6 per cent of the vineyard area, and the wines can sometimes fall into the Marmite category ...

"Building a brand that is both premium and culturally relevant requires breaking down some long-standing barriers," the IBest Wines founder tells Newsweek.

South Africa’s winemakers of colour are changing the country’s viticulture, creating a crop of bold new brands.

I may have been guilty of not paying sufficient attention to South African wines over the past few years. I’m not sure why, because there are some great wines. In order to remedy matters a ...

And it has winemakers producing wines that can compete with and in some cases surpass, those of Burgundy, Bordeaux and Champagne. Yet, despite all this, South African wine has struggled to shake ...

a Black importer of South African wines. “It’s hard enough for someone who comes from money to make it as a South African winemaker, let alone people from marginalised groups.” Given this ...