Whisky Magazine announced that Andy Watts, Distell Master Distiller of a range of proudly South African whiskies, Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky and Three Ships Whisky, will be bestowed the great honour…
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Distell Group CEO, Richard Rushton said the sale of Plaisir de Merle was consistent with the company’s strategy to focus its wine business in the mainstream and accessible premium segments and…
Following last night’s national address by President Ramaphosa, the new regulations were published this morning in the Government Gazette. A copy of the gazette may be seen on Hospitality Hedonist by…
The Veritas Awards attracted almost 1 300 entries this year. The results being announced at an informal luncheon in Paarl, instead of the customary annual gala dinner, where three wineries clinched…
Platter’s Guide was conceived in 1978 by wine lovers and print journalists John and Erica Platter, after reading Hugh Johnson’s ground-breaking Pocket Wine Book. There wasn’t a single chardonnay grown in South…
After 13 years of dedicated and award-winning winemaking, Vriesenhof Winemaker Nicky Claasens and his wife Bettina will be emigrating to Germany to establish new roots. “Nicky was definitely being touted as a…
Will, this decision lead to more responsible drinking and fewer fatalities or will this simply lead to more illegal production, sales and consumption as seen during the lockdown. This is not…