{"id":4580,"date":"2012-03-27T22:14:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T22:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2012-03-27T22:14:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T22:14:19","slug":"a-day-of-firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/uncategorized\/a-day-of-firsts","title":{"rendered":"A day of firsts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today was a day of firsts.<\/p>\n

At 7 am, before the judging of the Top 100, Duncan Savage took three of us out for our first experience of surfing.<\/p>\n

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We went to Muizenberg beach, which is a great place to learn. The white sharks can be a problem, but as long as they don’t nibble you, it’s just about perfect.<\/p>\n

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It was tremendous fun, and I was exhausted after 45 minutes in the sea. Photography is courtesy of the very talented Monty Waldin and Tim Atkin.<\/p>\n

Then, late this afternoon, after judging finished, Greg Sherwood and I headed over to Duncan’s winery to help him process a small 700 kg lot of Shiraz from Cederberg.<\/p>\n

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This was the first time I’d driven a forklift truck, and also the first time I’d operated (and cleaned, afterwards) a crusher destemmer. The shallow fermenters were lined with whole bunches and then topped with destemmed grapes, dusted with dry ice.<\/p>\n

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