Archived: Quality artworks at Johannesburg Auction Week, including show stopper Preller’s iconic human figure Adam and Eve

Preller press release November auction

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor Not even the downpour that descended on Johannesburg on Thursday, November 6, 2021,  late afternoon could stop art lovers and collectors from congregating on 89 Central Street in Houghton, Johannesburg, for a preview of what will rate as one of the biggest auction sales in the past two years in

The Wines That Built South Africa

Every wine nation inherits something and invents something.   South Africa inherited Muscat, fortified wine traditions, Chenin Blanc and distillation from Europe. It invented Pinotage. It transformed Chenin Blanc from a workhorse grape into a fine-wine benchmark. It resurrected Vin de Constance from extinction. And in places like Calitzdorp, it turned Portuguese varieties and Port traditions into something unmistakably