Wine lover Samantha Venter shares her finds with Weekend Post readers each week in Vine Time

Celebrating 500 columns, dozens of festivals and countless tastings

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The story of 500 A Vine Time wine columns over the past 10 years involves at least two dozen wine shows and festivals, ...

Villiera offers tantalising taste of France

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Villiera was one of the pioneers of Cap Classique in SA, with their highly rated Tradition Brut a firm favourite for ...

Getting the balance just right at Kleine Zalze

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It is one of the conundrums of the wine industry that a trophy cabinet laden with medals, critics’ high scores and ...

It’s time to drink in the atmosphere of the Great Kenton Wine Festival

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It’s that time of year again — time for sunshine and seaside sipping in the “barefoot capital” of Kenton-on-Sea, a last ...

Like fine wine, Noni rises to top at Delheim

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It’s a long way from Pietermaritzburg to Stellenbosch (about 1,500km by road), especially when you add a side-trip to ...

Cheers to a celebration of youth

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Sometimes a story comes along that Is not only genuinely heart-warming but also demonstrates how talk of concepts like ...

Delheim love story still bears fruit today

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He surprised his friends and family, as well as his future bride, by announcing their engagement just two weeks after ...

Terroir may be elusive but quality is in the tasting

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Terroir must be one of the most overused, misunderstood, contested and yet also highly influential, terms in the world ...

Food-wine pairing dinner at Victorian Hacklewood Hill recalls ‘bygone era’, pre-lockdown

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You know “the new normal” is becoming closer to “actually normal” when you can indulge once again in a luxurious ...

Stellenbosch winery going places

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The subject of which wines can put SA firmly on the world stage as a wine-producing country to be taken seriously is ...