The Journal

News from the estate

Releases, accolades and stories from the slopes of the Simonsberg.

A warm, dry winter and a mixed growing season produced classic, structured wines — the 2023 continues a run of landmark Paul Sauer vintages.

On 24 May 1976, Steven Spurrier's blind tasting at the InterContinental in Paris changed wine forever — and opened the door for estates like ours.

Since bottling our first wine in 1973, Pinotage from these granite slopes has become South Africa's calling card to the fine wine world.

Drinks International's annual global poll of masters of wine, buyers and educators once again counts Kanonkop among the world's most admired.

Rugby and winemaking share more than a homeland — physical strength and aggression, tempered by civility and camaraderie.

Strydom, 37, brings twelve years of Cape wine industry experience to the estate's fourth-generation leadership team.

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