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Platter's South African Wines

The John Platter South African Wine Guide is the most comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative chronicle of who's who and what's what in South African wine country.

The People's guide - navigate the winelands in a shopping trolley
Michael Olivier & Neil Pendock

Blind tasted wines are honest wines.

Unlike South Africa's most well-known and comprehensive wine text, the "John Platter South African Wine Guide", the wines for "The People's guide" are tasted blind. Wines are presented by grape variety and in price order, with a short description of what the tasting panel feels can be expected in the bottle. Interesting sni