Chenin Blanc Archives

South African wine from the country’s two favourite producing regions

Winemaking in South Africa began in 1685, when Dutchman Simon van der Stel, the Commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, planted his first vines. The site was named Constantia and would go on to become one of the most famous wine producing regions in the whole country. The conditions in the…

WineTrust introduces “The Liberator” – by Richard Kelley MW

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] Rick is the alter ego of Master of Wine and Wine Trust 100 supplier, Richard Kelley. Over the past 20 years, Richard has become one of the most respected authorities on South African wine in the UK. Between 1995 (the year he qualified as an MW)…