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It was a privilege and an honour to be serving the wines of Eben Sadie at the latest Under the Influence tasting last night. Another honour was to have the pen of Regular Harry (Harry Haddon), South Africa’s quickly up and coming wine writer, please... 

Such good news for everyone that loves wine and food, the charismatic wine drinker and wine maker Jean Vincent Ridon has announced the launch of the new Signal Hill winery in town. Awesome. Reuniting the city of Cape Town with its glorious past of growing... 

Friday evening saw a secret location in Stellenbosch being filled by a secret group of wine drinkers to consume the following wines: All I can say is WOW!  

Yesterday evening we had the privilege, nay, the honour, of hosting a tasting of bottle aged wines. We are all used to drinking wines packed with primary fruit and secondary oak flavours but the elusive tertiary flavours and aromas can only be found from... 

April fools day kicked off with us announcing a collaboration with Lexus where Guests to our tastings would get Chauffeur driven in style for no additional charge. Well, it turned out to be true! Here is a month in pictures! Put your foot down Jeeves,... 

Yesterday evening saw a wonderful gathering of wine enthusiasts at Campbell House in Johannesburg. Guests arrived, some Chauffeur driven by Lexus, and were soon in the midst of a selection of great Cabernet Sauvignons from South Africa. The topic of the... 

The Under the Influence of Italy tasting at the Roundhouse was a great evening and we had none other than the esteemed palate and unflappable penmanship of wine writer Harry Haddon to record proceedings. See more from Harry at his blog. Over to Harry… Winter’s... 

Regular Harry; wine writer, wine drinker, wine pervert! Check out his blog here. Harry attended the Under the Influence of Flavour tasting last night at Lexus Cape Town, here is his take… The bar manager at my local looked at me strangely, “Umm,... 

We have some wonderful individuals attending the Under the Influence tastings and a loyal and favourite Guest is Harry Haddon, who has the palate and nose of a pro and a pen that doesn’t hold back on humour, opinion and perfect prose. Here is his...