View original article by Rod Phillips “A diamond is forever” runs the famous phrase coined in 1947 by South Africa’s De Beers diamond mining company. As for grapevines—not forever, but potentially for many decades and even for more than a century, if they’re looked...

View the full article by Daléne Fourie here I lived in London, like many other South Africans. I did not like it.  The horizon seemed just a little too small, the sun not bright enough, and the tall buildings couldn't make up for Table Mountain at my back. It is a...

View the full article by Daléne Fourie here The launch of the Old Vine Registry last week couldn't have been better timed.  Last Wednesday, I travelled to London with Rosa Kruger of the Old Vine Project to help host a South African Benchmark Tasting at South Africa...

View the full article by Daléne Fourie here Did you know there is a South African Tug of War Federation? And did you know that the highest percentage of Springbok tug of war athletes hail from the Breedekloof (or officially the Goudini club)? They also compete in tent...

View the full article by Daléne Fourie here "A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination, and now a hero by necessity."- David Gemmell, Legend. I love David Gemmell. I always have had a flair for the dramatic, and his fantastical tales of Celtic tribes and Druss...

Rosa gesels ouwingerde, die ontstaan van die Ouwingerdprojek en meer. 'Die primere doelwit van die Ouwingerdprojek is om ou wingerde te bewaar en in die grond te hou.' - Rosa Kruger Rosa Kruger is die eerste Suid-Afrikaner en wingerdboukundige om die internationale...

View original article here.  Barcelona Wine Week is a three-day event that offers wine lovers and members of the trade the chance to get to grips with Spanish wine. Sergey Panov reports on what’s happening in Spain in 2023. Barcelona Wine Week has just finished for...

By Dr Jonathan Steyn View the original article here. Dr Jonathan Steyn caught up with global viticultural thought leader Rosa Kruger, who recently became the first South African to be inducted into the Decanter Hall of Fame. What began as a vine finding mission in her...