Financial Times - August 27
-Andrew Jefford-

2004 Riesling Frostline,
Jack Knox
(Oddbins, £11.19)
Bruce Jack, whose cunning back labels and wine names make him (with California's Randall Grahm) summa cum laude of wine world's creative writing class, found this parcel of Riesling growing at 1,100 metres on the Swartberg range (which divides the two Karoos).
It combines the crisp, lively mouthwatering style and high acidity of northern European Rieslings with the apricot and mango flavour and structuring alcohol more typical of the southern hemisphere.

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2004 Sauvignon Blanc,
The Berrio , Elim
(Oddbins, £9.99)
If you like your Sauvignon packed with chlorophyll, then Bruce Jack's Elim version may well be to your taste: lots of peapod and asparagus, built into a chewy, mouthfilling frame. I rate The Groote Post higher for purity and finesse, but no one can deny the cool force and focus of Elim on the basis of this wine.