South Africa's coolest Sauvignon and Syrah
The Agulhas Wine Triangle's special wine potential explored.
Monday, 2 October 2023

Last May I went to South Africa to judge the Trophy Wine Show but I was determined to see a bit of wine country too before being incarcerated in the hotel where the judging took place.
As soon as I landed from London in the late morning I was whisked off to Hemel-en-Aarde by André Morgenthal of the Old Vines Project and have already written about what I saw and tasted there. But that evening and the next morning we drove even further east to see an area that Morgenthal represents, known...
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