Stars of South Africa – red

You read about the sparkling, white and rosé wines yesterday – here come the reds. Above, Wynand Grobler of De Kleine Wijn Koöp.

Tam writes  A breath of fresh air. That’s how I’d describe South African reds and South African winemakers. Over a few days of chatting with them (it seems like half of South Africa flew out to the UK in September), it was a slight shock and then almost a relief to encounter the total honesty and lack of bull or marketing speak that so often goes along with these winemaker-attending tastings.

Much as we might like to...