Old Mutual Wine Show: Shiraz Trophy, International Judges’ Trophy & Best Red Overall: @Leeuwenkuil Heritage Syrah 2015; Trophy for Best Chenin blanc, Best White Overall: Spier Wine Farm 21 Gables 2016; Trophy for Best Cab Sauv: Rustenberg Wines Peter Barlow 2015. Congrats!

The Wolftrap Syrah Mourvedre Viognier 2017 MC 90 Points #southafrica #wine #gauteng #capetown #durban #farmall #zandspruitroad #winebar #bar #restaurant #sommelier #miguelchan #hotel… instagram.com/p/Bk7VJUOlDn-/…

Much excitement tasting the top 2017s as they are being released. Reyneke Wines Reserve White and Red are simply astonishing. Spellbinding. Incredible. Best yet. Easily at the pinnacle of SA wine.

I am no longer going to use the term “loadshedding” in any reporting on #Eskom. We’re dealing with blackouts and power failures. The term is an Eskom concoction that serves to massage the disaster-prone SOE’s image.

Open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa from the SA wine industry winemag.co.za/wine/industry-…

Last night I cried so much because I decided to drive to a petrol station at 11:45pm bcos there was #Loadshedding & I found a mother sitting with her son aged about 13/14 on a wheelchair and had his oxygen plugged in the petrol station bcos they required electricity.💔

We are delighted with our scores that Neal Martin gave us in his latest South African report. Head to Vinous to read the full report!

Regarded as one of the best and most rigorous tasters to cover SA wines, Neal Martin has just released his latest SA report. It comes as no surprise to us that he rated Reyneke's 2017 Cornerstone as the joint highest-rated red in SA. Purchase online: bit.ly/17Cornerstone

The R220 billion in bailouts that Eskom's received since 2008, in context: For that amount, we could have bought two small generators for every single South African. (R2k/generator) Or we could have built 2.2 million RDP homes (R100k per home).

Last nights storm in Cape Town was seriously overrated and hyped up by the media. It’s a bit of fucking wind. Happens every summer in Cape Town. We’re used to it. Can journalists please stop using fear and hysteria to get clicks?

No matter how good or bad you have it, wake up each day thankful for your life. Someone somewhere else is desperately fighting for theirs.

I see SARS refunded some of my contributions towards the Nkandla security upgrade. Leftovers always come in handy somewhere.

Just spotted some SterlingArcher23 on #UK Come Dine With Me . Well done SA, nicely played with our exports to our British devotees #drinkSA

ENTREPRENEUR | What started as a hobby for Lynne Scullard has turned into a business mission to get SA moving ow.ly/opt1x

We kill people who kill people, just to show them that killing people is wrong.

Are we building a non-racial democracy or just replacing white domination with black domination? What is transformation? Lets be consistent.

We the people say: No to racism, No to inefficiency, No to broerskap, No to poor rendering of public services, No to CORRUPTION! NO, NO,NO!!

Something like a phenomenon - The Chocolate Block 2016 winemag.co.za/the-chocolate-…