MICHAEL FRIDJHON: Nederburg Auction has a unique selling point
THE Nederburg Auction is as old as the modern South African wine industry — not necessarily a claim to fame at a time when anything that predates the smartphone era is clumped together with the Pyramids at Giza and the Leaning Tower of Pisa as proof of a world before Steve Jobs. It’s impossible to play to a house that sets these as the entry criteria: the cars we drive are still (largely) powered by internal combustion engines and are controlled by (admittedly flawed) humans. The singularity (when the sum total of artificial intelligence exceeds the sum total of human intelligence, the Presidency excepted) may still be a decade or two away, but this doesn’t mean we should trash everything that pre-dates last Tuesday. This pretty much sums up the dilemma of the Nederburg offering: there are some fabulous wines, but they’re not necessarily cutting edge. However, you’re not being asked to choose a Regency-listed building over a hi-tech glass-and-chrome palace: you are expected to suspe...
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