As a producer of media, I found this post on Seth Godin’s blog a really interesting perspective bringer. He talks about how the abundance of free media has led to…
Eric Asimov is right: there’s plenty of great wine that’s still affordable
Really like Eric Asimov’s recent piece in The New York Times. He argues that while many fine wines are now out of the reach of ordinary wine lovers, there’s still…
Why we should support plans to lift restrictions on EU vineyard planting
There’s a news story on Decanter at the moment concerning plans by the EU to lift the ban on new planting of vineyards. Wine regions throughout Europe are opposing plans…
The official Swartland Revolution film!
Brilliantly put together by Sebastien!
Less oak, more folk – guest blog post by Daniel Primack
I’ve been blogging here for 10 years now, and I think (if my memory serves me correctly) that this is the first guest blog post. It’s by Daniel Primack of…
A bit of a rant about icon wines
While I was in South Africa, I noticed that quite a few wine estates now produce icon wines, retailing at Rand 500+. The icon wine now seems to be an…
Cape Point
One of the treasures of the western Cape is Cape Point. An absolute must visit if you are in South Africa. We had a great day there.
In Riebeek Kasteel, and a visit to the Wine Kollective seems in order
So I arrived in Cape Town this morning, picked up a tiny, under-powered rental car, and headed out to Riebeek Kasteel, in the Swartland. Tomorrow, the Revolution begins. I got…
Off to South Africa
I’ll very shortly be boarding a plane to head off to Cape Town. I’m really looking forward to returning to South Africa for the second time this year. It’s a…