MICHAEL FRIDJHON: From neglected sherry to Rioja, Spain inspires
While underappreciated in SA, about 150 wines from the EU country are available, from three or four different importers
27 November 2019 - 05:06
Most people agree that the Cape wine industry is a vastly different proposition now compared with the 1990s. We take this for granted, having witnessed its achievements close-up and continuously over the period.
It’s a little like being aware of — rather than tracking — the minutiae of your children growing up. You’re certainly more conscious of change when your exposure to it follows extended absences. You don’t expect to recognise your cousin’s children — who have been living feral in the Appalachians — when you see them for the first time in two decades...
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