Kanonkop Estate in Stellenbosch won the Outstanding Wine Producer Trophy at this year’s International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC). This is the first time this prestigious trophy has been awarded and was presented to coincide with this year’s 50th anniversary of the IWSC, the world’s leading wine and spirits show that annually attracts 5 500 […]
Platter’s Guide 2020
The Platter’s by Diners Club South African Wine Guide 2020 was launched at Cape Town’s Table Bay Hotel last week. Johann Krige was there to receive Kanonkop’s awards. We received 5 stars for 3 wines : Kanonkop Black Label Pinotage 2017 Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2016 Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Vinous Reviews 2019 – Neal Martin
Kanonkop Kadette Pinotage Rose 2019 – 86 points The 2019 Kadette Pinotage Rose was crushed and immediately pressed. Pale salmon in color, it has a slightly yeasty bouquet at first, eventually giving way to wet pavement/petrichor scents with a touch of crushed strawberry. The fresh, focused palate is well balanced with crisp acidity and a […]
Wine Advocate Reviews 2019 – Anthony Mueller
New Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate reviewer, Anthony Mueller, has just published his first reviews alongside article, “South Africa: The 2016 & 2017 Vintages and the Future of South African Wines – Part 1”. Kanonkop’s wines achieved some of the highest scores in the review: Kanonkop Black Label Pinotage 2017 – 94 points Kanonkop Paul Sauer […]
Kanonkop Book Launch
A picture tells a thousand words, but there are many more words still in a bottle of great wine. In the book Kanonkop: The Story of a South African Legend photography, words and great wine meet to tell the story of a wine estate recognised world-wide as being one of the Cape’s finest. Founded in […]
Kanonkop Harvest Report 2019 by Cellarmaster, Abrie Beeslaar
The 2019 vintage will be remembered as one of the most trying in modern history. After 3 years of drought, we had sufficient rain during the winter of 2018. During bud break, we had very warm weather and cold weather immediately after that. This had a negative effect on the evenness of the budding and […]
Kanonkop Harvest Report 2019 by Viticulturist, Annelie Viljoen
Temperatures in January were relatively cool compared to other years, which is great for ripening and quality, but heat waves started hammering the vineyards from 3 Feb right through till the end of the month. Transpiration rates were higher than roots could absorb moisture from the soil and because night temperatures did not cool down […]
2017 Stellenbosch Cabernet Vintage Preview
Kanonkop Wine Estate @ 2017 Stellenbosch Cabernet Vintage Preview As a first glimpse of the 2017 vintage, the Stellenbosch Cabernet Collective is proud to announce the dates of the 2017 Vintage Preview to be held at the historic Lanzerac Estate in Stellenbosch on the 19th and 20th of October 2018. Stellenbosch will be pouring 25 […]
RMB WineX 2018
‘RMB WineX takes place from 24 to 26 October at the Sandton Convention Centre. SA’s Must-Attend wine event and premiere Consumer Wine Show will again bring an exceptional line-up of premium wine brands to the heart of Jozi: it’s Sandtonbosch, really. Beautiful stands, eye-candy labels, award-winning wines, engaging exclusive time with the winemaker in the […]
Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2015 Tops Tim Atkin Report with First 100pt Rating For South African Wine
Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2015 is the first South African wine to receive 100pts in the annual report on the South African wine industry by respected British wine judge, journalist and critic Tim Atkin MW. For his seventh South African report, which has just been released, Atkin tasted 1 985 wines from throughout the country, with Kanonkop’s […]
2018 NEAL MARTIN – VINOUS REPORT
2018 Kanonkop Wine Estate Rosé Pinotage Kadette The 2018 Kadette Pinotage Rosé is pale onion skin in color. It has a lovely red-cherry-tinged bouquet that is well defined and demonstrates good presence. The palate is well balanced, displaying a slightly waxy texture, pretty red cherry fruit and a slight fish oil element toward the fresh […]
Absa Top 10 Pinotage 2017 – Kanonkop Pinotage 2012
Absa Top 10 Pinotage 2017 – Kanonkop Pinotage 2012
Neal Martin from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate Kanonkop Review
KANONKOP REVIEW Readers should refer to my 2015 South Africa report for more background information on Kanonkop. As I have said before, whenever discussing South Africa’s long-standing stalwart estates, a lot of young winemakers can be quite dismissive, citing poor winemaking practices and their zeal for high volume/low quality wines that did much to tarnish […]
Wine Spectator Rating: 89 – Kanonkop Kadette Cape Blend 2014
89 – Kanonkop Kadette Cape Blend 2014 91 – Kanonkop Pinotage 2014
The Next 12 Months
It seems consumers in general are holding onto their cash (except politicians!). Financial commentators, amongst others, are arguably more to blame for this downward trend in consumer confidence. Kanonkop has however seen a steady growth year after year which we believe is due to the credibility of the Kanonkop brand. Our main strategy remains to […]
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