With its dramatic mountains, historic architecture and lush vineyards, South Africa is a destination that deserves to be on every wine lover’s travel wish list. If you’re planning a trip, don’t miss these highlights…

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Single-vineyard wines from a grape whose time has clearly arrived. The large proportion of high scores here revealed great quality across an impressive breadth of styles

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Madikwe Game Reserve, located in the north of South Africa, on the border with Botswana, lies awake in the predawn. It is no longer night, but neither is it yet day, when the temperature will soar. It

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