South African wines in the press

South African wine farms have taken something of a hammering in today’s Telegraph with claims that ‘South Africa’s vineyards treat workers like slaves’. Note that is not ‘Some’ that is a generic quotation tainting all of South Africa’s wine farms. The article hides behind a recent report by ‘Human Rights Watch’ and basically just paraphrases
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Visiting Spice Route

On my recent trip to South Africa we stopped by the Spice Route Winery where we were met by winemaker Charl du Plessis… The winery, in the up and coming region of Swartland is owned by one of the Cape’s wine growing aristocracy in Charles Back who’s main property is Fairview in Paarl. This was
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Sherry Tasting

Last week, in conjunction with our neighbours “The Pinto Lounge”, we held a “Sherry and Tapas” evening at their establishment: we supplied the sherry and they the tapas. It was a chance to dispel the image, for once and for all, of sherry being a sweet drink enjoyed solely by old ladies at Christmas time.
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South African Retrospective

I’m not sure exactly what I was expecting on my recent trip to South Africa, but as someone who had never been outside Europe I was a little apprehensive about going half way around the world, but I really needn’t have worried. What I found was a country of unbelievable beauty, who’s people are incredibly
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New Winelist Now Out!

Our new wine list is now out – you can pick them up from any of our shops or alternatively you can e-mail retail@shjones.com or call 01295 672296. We’ve worked quite hard with some brilliant new additions to our range with Italy and France having some exciting new wines. In addition don’t forget that we
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