Jun 23, 2011 Posted by Chris

Are single varietal wines actually blends?

One of the topics that gets debated in wine circles (albeit less frequently than screwcaps vs corks, plastic bottles and wine list mark-ups) is a bit of legislation that relates to how South African wines are labelled. In this case I am talking about the allowance for up to 15% of a different grape to be included in a wine without having to mention it on the label. So a bottle of 2008 Malema’s... read more