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Nederburg Calls 2023 a Goldilocks Vintage
April 24th – Nederburg’s chief takeouts of vintage 2023 are wines with outstanding flavour, high acids and lower than average alcohol levels, according to cellar-master Samuel Viljoen. He was speaking...
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Nederburg’s Samuel Viljoen on Reaching Top 100 List: Not Me Alone
March 7th – Samuel Viljoen, cellar master of Nederburg since 2021, is modest to a fault as he shrugs off his most recent accolade. “Winemaking is a team sport,” he emphasises, making sure to acknowledge...
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Nederburg Achieves Top Honour at Michelangelo Awards
September 6th – Nederburg has won the Bidvest Top SA Producer Trophy at the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards 2022.  Now in its 26th year, it’s regarded as Africa’s largest...
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Afternoon Brief, July 13th
Head of Hong Kong Wine Merchant Major Cellar Arrested: Joseph Leung, who has just resigned from Hong Kong listed wine company Major Cellar as director, has been arrested by police for allegedly embezzling...
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From Proof-Reading to Winemaking
July 13th – At first glance, it seems an unlikely jump. How would a proof-reader, originally from Klerksdorp in the north of the country wind up making wine for the Cape’s most decorated cellar?...
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Afternoon Brief, May 4th
25 Years in Prison for 5 Attackers of Bordeaux Wine Tycoon Bernard Magrez: On 30 April, the first chamber of the Bordeaux criminal court convicted the six men charged with kidnapping and burglarising Bernard...
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Nederburg Celebrates IWSC Golds for the Young Airhawk & the Winemasters Noble Late Harvest
Nederburg’s Heritage Heroes The Young Airhawk 2017, a barrel-fermented Sauvignon blanc, and The Winemasters Noble Late Harvest 2018, has each been awarded a gold medal at the prestigious 2019 International...
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Nederburg on Top 50 List of World’s Most Admired Wine Brands Again
Nederburg has been included in the highly-anticipated top 50 list of ‘The World’s Most Admired Wine Brands’ by UK-based publication, Drinks International, for a fourth consecutive year in 2019. The Paarl...
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Afternoon Brief, November 2
With Lokoya, Jackson Family Wines Has a New Napa Estate to Go with Its High-End Wine: Since its founding by Jess Jackson in 1995, the Lokoya luxury wine brand has never had a true home to showcase its...