Wine Mag | 19.01.2026 18:50
A silly, sentimental and conventional thought it doubtless was – but there you are. Or there I was, at the small and rather joyful Cinsault Fest organised for the trade by Mick and Jeanine Craven in their Stellenbosch winery, with something more than a dozen of the Cape’s best producers of wines from this grape. And it occurred to me how nice it would have been if the great IA Perold could have seen and tasted what was on offer – and, I suspect, would have with even more interest discussed viticulture with some of the people there.