Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Cape Wine: Showcasing future-focused South Africa

Published: 17 November, 2025

Resilience and transformation were the watchwords of the 10th edition of Cape Wine, which saw South Africa’s international showcase return to Cape Town for the first time since 2022. Three years is a long time in a wine country as ambitious and dynamic as South Africa. Packing its progress into three days is a challenge, yet the 2025 edition captured the exceptional diversity of the Cape – from bulk to super-premium, traditional method sparkling to brandy, and from cool-climate Grenache to icons like Vin de Constance. Superstars such as Eben Sadie poured alongside newcomers exhibiting for the first time.

South Africa lands two 100 pointers in Atkin’s latest Special Report

Published: 02 September, 2025

In the 13th edition of his annual South Africa Special Report, Tim Atkin MW has scored two wines 100 points (full marks).

Rascallion and Hammonds of Knutsford sign new partnership

Published: 12 September, 2024

Family-owned independent wine and spirits specialist, Hammonds of Knutsford, has brokered a new partnership with Rascallion Wines of South Africa to be its exclusive agent in the UK and Ireland.

Never Mind the Bollocks

Published: 10 August, 2022

Creating a brand that upends the wine-centric view of the trade has been tried many times, but a new collaboration between experienced buyer Andrew Ingham and Cape winery Journey’s End may just have what it takes to bridge the gap with wine-interest-lite consumers. And, if it does gain traction, there may well be salient lessons to learn for the wider trade at a time when interest in wine – especially among younger consumers – has stalled.