It’s Friday the 13th of January 2012. (Bad year for superstitious folk as I believe there are three of them this year!) Following a few weeks’ break over the Festive Season, I’m back in the saddle, setting out to meet Thys Louw, winemaker of both Diemersdal and Maastricht in the Durbanville region. Having finalised the …

Winemaker Nico vd Merwe needs no introduction to the lovers of fine Cape wine. Famous for his Saxenburg wines, Nico in partnership with the Wade Bales Wine Society, offer you an opportunity to experience and taste 4 different vintages of the SSS range (5* John Platter wines) in a vertical tasting which will be held …