The Best of South Africa

A few dazzling Chardonnays and ambitious reds highlight our blind tastings
Posted: February 3, 2000

The Best of South Africa A few dazzling Chardonnays and ambitious reds highlight our blind tastings Now that the novelty has worn off, South African wine has to stand on its own two feet. Wine consumers who bought a few bottles in the mid-1990s, inspired by the end of apartheid and the ascendancy of Nelson Mandela, today need more concrete reasons -- like quality and value -- to choose South African wines over their many competitors.

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