Tim James: Five summer white wines under R170 – how do they stack up?

Summer is more or less here in Cape Town, with occasional backward glances to winter, and I believe that it’s been resident in Johannesburg, for example, for some time already. So it seemed opportune to test drive a handful of …
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2632805/tim-james-five-summer-white-wines-under-r170-how-do-they-stack-up/

Tim James: Five summer white wines under R170 – how do they stack up?

Summer is more or less here in Cape Town, with occasional backward glances to winter, and I believe that it’s been resident in Johannesburg, for example, for some time already. So it seemed opportune to t…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2632805/tim-james-five-summer-white-wines-under-r170-how-do-they-stack-up/

Tim James: The wines, scenic splendour and luxuries of Quoin Rock

The Quoin Rock manor house. The controversies and scandals once surrounding the Stellenbosch estate Quoin Rock – before the current regime I hastily add – are fun to recall, but not to be much indulged here. I mentioned some of them …
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2615886/tim-james-the-wines-scenic-splendour-and-luxuries-of-quoin-rock/

Tim James: The wines, scenic splendour and luxuries of Quoin Rock

The Quoin Rock manor house. The controversies and scandals once surrounding the Stellenbosch estate Quoin Rock – before the current regime I hastily add – are fun to recall, but not to be much indulged here. I …
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2615886/tim-james-the-wines-scenic-splendour-and-luxuries-of-quoin-rock/

Tim James: Battling Franschhoek’s fires and what comes next for its vineyards

When I went out to Franschhoek early last Friday, some two weeks after the devastating run of fires had begun, there was little to be seen of smoke and flame. From small and sluggish billows of smoke I could g…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2609485/tim-james-battling-franschhoeks-fires-and-what-comes-next-for-its-vineyards/

Tim James: Re-reading SA’s wine revolution through terroir

Rustenhof, Stellenbosch. A few weeks back, I warmly welcomed Paul Nugent’s 2024 book, Race, Taste and the Grape: South African Wine from a Global Perspective, as a valuable contribution to our understanding of this country’s wine history in, essen…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2598971/tim-james-re-reading-sas-wine-revolution-through-terroir/

Tim James: The writing and destruction of South Africa’s wine history

Apparently Henry Ford didn’t quite say that “history is bunk” – he blinked, and included “more or less”. He added that he was talking about tradition, which, he said, we don’t want: “We want to live in …
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2577222/tim-james-the-writing-and-destruction-of-south-africas-wine-history/

Tim James: The writing and destruction of South Africa’s wine history

Apparently Henry Ford didn’t quite say that “history is bunk” – he blinked, and included “more or less”. He added that he was talking about tradition, which, he said, we don’t want: “We want to live in the present and the onl…
#wine #SouthAfricanWine #southafrica #TimJames #Wine #WinefromSouthAfrica #WineofSouthAfrica
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2577222/tim-james-the-writing-and-destruction-of-south-africas-wine-history/

Tim James: Swartland wines – built to last or better young?

How well do the once-new-wave Swartland wines mature in bottle – both whites (mostly chenin or chenin-based) and reds (mostly syrah or syrah-based)? We’re starting to amass useful evidence, although the changing climate is posing new questions about the vintage aspect, and vintage is a crucial …
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2567064/tim-james-swartland-wines-built-to-last-or-better-young/

Tim James: Swartland wines – built to last or better young?

How well do the once-new-wave Swartland wines mature in bottle – both whites (mostly chenin or chenin-based) and reds (mostly syrah or syrah-based)? We’re starting to amass useful evidence, although the changing climate is posing new questions about the vintage aspect, and vintage is a crucial aspect of the answer to…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2567064/tim-james-swartland-wines-built-to-last-or-better-young/