Over the barrel
© Cape Times Friday 20th December 2013 Whenever I talk to winemakers about their jobs, I always become rapidly bewildered at the incredible number of choices which face them at…
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5th August 2019
Family time, sans whine
© Cape Times Friday 15th November 2013 Parents out there – the countdown has begun! Yes, it’s now a mere three weeks until the school holidays with all that that…
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5th August 2019
Pinot Noir reaches new heights
© Cape Times Friday 18th October 2013 Over the years, winemaking has become increasingly scientific, and what started out as an unexpectedly-frothing bucket of split grapes by the side of…
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5th August 2019
Ntsiki full force
© Cape Times Friday 20th September 2013 Everyone’s got a dream of something they would like to achieve before they die. It could be the holiday of a lifetime, somewhere…
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5th August 2019
In the grip of Grappa
© Cape Times Friday 16th August 2013 “Waste not, want not” was my grandmother’s mantra. She was a child of austerity, living through two world wars and bringing up her…
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5th August 2019
Hard work pays off
© Cape Times Friday 19th July 2013 “Wine doesn’t like change, especially not with people.” That’s the opinion of Carl Schultz, now celebrating his twentieth year making wine at Hartenberg…
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5th August 2019