Strauss & Co envisage a future where collectors can hold an entire portfolio of wines from across the world in their crypto wallets.read more » Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Strauss & Co has partnered with five South African wine producers to offer Africa’s first fine wine non-fungible tokens on auction from 18-25 April.read more » Monday, 11 April 2022
Respected 18th-century Cape wine estate Meerlust in Stellenbosch has once again honoured its commitment to self-imposed exacting standards of quality in winemaking by declassifying its world-renowned flagship Bordeaux-style blend Rubicon from the 2019 vintage.read more » Friday, 12 February 2021
This year’s Chardonnay Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out.read more » Wednesday, 14 October 2020
The SA Icon is known to nearly every wine geek, wine consumer, and it is surprising how open people speak about their first bottle of Meerlust Rubicon!read more » Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Following the measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 announced by President Ramaphosa Meerlust management has decided to close the estate to visitors from Friday 20th March until further notice.read more » Thursday, 19 March 2020
Because it is greater than that, true art is immune to the voice of the critic. Here South Africa has one red wine that transcends ratings, stars and the court of self-important opinion: Meerlust Rubicon.read more » Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Wim Truter is to join Meerlust Estate as Head Winemaker/Manager. He becomes the third winemaker on this renowned Stellenbosch estate which dates to 1693 and has been owned by the Myburgh family since 1756.read more » Tuesday, 12 November 2019
“Build it – and they will come.” It’s a line from the baseball movie, Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner. As Fiona McDonald writes, the premise is to do the groundwork and then watch the rewards roll in.read more » Friday, 25 October 2019
Chris Williams, winemaker at Meerlust Estate in Stellenbosch since 2004, has resigned to pursue his own interests. He will be leaving Meerlust at the end of December.read more » Wednesday, 02 October 2019
In Winemag and Tonnellerie Saint Martin's Pinot Noir Report, De Grendel Op die Berg 2017 was judged best wine overall with 94 points.read more » Tuesday, 01 October 2019
The Cape Fine & Rare Wine Auction offers wine enthusiasts and collectors an opportunity to bid on some of South Africa’s most iconic wines. These exclusive lots, with competitive reserve prices to match, are bound to spark many a bidding war.read more » Friday, 13 September 2019
South Africa’s oldest wine event, the Mercury Wine Week, which takes place this year from 29 to 31 August, is returning to the Greyville Convention Centre at Greyville Racecourse with a tipple for just about every taste.read more » Wednesday, 10 July 2019
In a trailblazing initiative, SA’s foremost auction house, Strauss & Co, entered into a joint venture with Wine Cellar and top sommelier Higgo Jacobs to launch a Fine Wine Auction programme. This endeavour aimed to provide a transparent auction platform and introduce prospective buyers to SA’s finest wines.read more » Friday, 28 June 2019
Taking place on Thursday the 9th & Friday the 10th of May, the Wade Bales Wine & Malt Whisky Affair will once again be hosted at the opulent and recently upgraded 15 on Orange Autograph Collection 5 Star Hotel.read more » Monday, 29 April 2019
Chef Chantel Dartnall – recognised both locally and internationally as one of the country’s most acclaimed chefs – is showcasing the best South African food and wine this weekend in Asia.read more » Monday, 15 April 2019
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.
read more » Thursday, 18 October 2018
The eighth annual Chardonnay Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. There were 117 entries from 81 producers and these were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by a three-person panel, scoring done according to the 100-point quality scale.read more » Wednesday, 17 October 2018
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