The alcohol industry, which supports over one million livelihoods, is relieved at the easing of ban, but the debate as to how we deal with our attitudes around alcohol in SA is long overdue...
Michael Smollan 4 Feb 2021
Contrary to popular belief, if you make something that people want illegal, it doesn't just go away...
Rowan Leibbrandt 3 Aug 2020
Di Brown chats to Jean Naudé, CEO of Groot Constantia to find out more about the current situation of the estate, challenges faced, and the future during these uncertain times...
Di Brown 13 May 2020
The South African wine industry is entering a new phase of repositioning, consolidation and reinvestment. Although challenges such as climate change, shifts in production and demand and financial pressures are expected to continue into 2020, it has led to the industry becoming more streamlined, focused and adaptable...
Rico Basson 6 Jan 2020
What would take the largest commercial wine farm one day to produce would take De Toren up to 15 years - if they had to. But they don't. Because this small, hands-on wine farm prides itself in favouring quality over quantity...
Ilse van den Berg 22 Feb 2019
Something big is about to happen in the South African wine industry and it is led by none other than top wine connoisseur and negociant, Wade Bales...
Ilse van den Berg 28 Jan 2019
Spier Wine Farm's organic winemaker, Tania Kleintjes-Moses elaborates on why she chose a career in winemaking, why she thinks the industry is still very much a boy's club and how she is channelling her groot oupa, trying to leave behind a proud legacy of her own...
Juanita Pienaar 9 Jan 2019
The swinging doors to kitchen culture were first held open by celebrity chefs like Julia Child and Jamie Oliver. For the tourism industry, it was the travel documentary style of Rick Stein and Anthony Bourdain that beamed travel to exotic locations, and Cornwall, into our lounges...
Marisah Nieuwoudt 7 Jan 2019
Stella Kruger and Colleen McCloy chat to Samantha Snedorf about their fresh new gin under the brand McKruger Spirits ...
Samantha Snedorf 7 Dec 2018
I was recently offered the opportunity to attend the official launch of the Musgrave Gin Pink Fridays at the Maslow Hotel where I got to sit down and have a drink with the creator herself, Simone Musgrave...
Samantha Snedorf 30 Nov 2018
Distillery 031, as the dialing code inspired name would suggest, is a Durban based distillery run by Andrew Rall - the founder and master distiller. Here, Samantha Snedorf finds out more...
Samantha Snedorf 23 Nov 2018
It's not easy living in the Karoo and having to bake your own bread because the nearest shop is so far away...
Eugene Yiga 30 Oct 2018
The end of the year is edging ever closer and the need for time away increases almost daily which is why...
Samantha Snedorf 12 Oct 2018
Blossom and Hops gin is distilled by Trouvaille Spirits and owned by partners Tim and Teresa James, both of whom have careers vastly different to the liquor industry...
Samantha Snedorf 5 Oct 2018
Only a few short months ago a new gin was added to South Africa's repertoire and it was a noteworthy gem.
Samantha Snedorf 28 Sep 2018
Stewart Berry, owner of Bryanston based liquor store Berry and Bottles has a little secret up his sleeve. Not only does his store stock, a large and varied alcohol range, but he also happens to own some of them...
Samantha Snedorf 21 Sep 2018
Samantha Snedorf chats to Martin Pienaar, co-owner of Dry Dock Liquor - a boutique liquor store on 4th Ave Parkhurst in Johannesburg...
Samantha Snedorf 14 Sep 2018
In this week's #MeetTheMakers, Samantha Snedorf visits the Sugarbird Cape Fynbos Gin producers and chats to Brendan Witherspoon, Sugarbird's brand ambassador and trade marketing manager...
Samantha Snedorf 7 Sep 2018
Winetech has partnered with Stellenbosch University-based incubator LaunchLab and Faculty of AgriSciences for the first Wine Industry Innovation Challenge.
Tom Jackson 3 Sep 2018
Inverroche can only be found after a long drive out from the Mother City. Situated in Stillbaai or Stillbay, it's not called still for nothing...
Samantha Snedorf 31 Aug 2018
Ginologist is a scientifically distilled gin that has made waves in the gin community in spite of its relatively short time on the shelves...
Samantha Snedorf 24 Aug 2018
Situated 20 minutes away from Cape Town's CBD, against the Tygerberg Hills, the winery not only offers an unobstructed view of Table Mountain, Table Bay, and Robben Island, but also an extraordinary terroir which makes for great wines - sold in many restaurants and shops nationwide...
Ilse van den Berg 24 Aug 2018
In this week's Meet the Maker, Samantha Snedorf makes her own bathtub gin with BrewCraft's botanical kit and chats to owner, Ryan Phillips to find out a little more about what makes him tick...
Samantha Snedorf 17 Aug 2018
