Wine

Wine of Origin: Plettenberg Bay

In 2006 Plettenberg Bay became a Wine of Origin Region with distinctive…


"Chic" Shack living

I’m tall but not unusually so. Our shack however, was designed for unusually…


Roughing it

When the land we live on was subdivided, our portion amounted to about eight…


Upping sticks & moving

Jo and I moved to Plettenberg Bay from Grahamstown, in the early nineties. I’d…


Meanwhile, back in Makhanda

I’ve always been a red wine drinker. In Grahamstown where I grew up, there were…


“I'd like to grow tomatoes”

So I’ve always liked to garden. When I was in high school I was once asked what…


Reconnection

I hope this short account will interest those who hanker, as I have all my…


The Rhymes & Rhythms of Writing

I grew up in Grahamstown (Makhanda) and when we were children we spent every…


A Cautionary Tale

This is a brief story of how Jo and I started That Wine. As a story it is…


A Vision of Vines

The remarkable naturalist, ornithologist and explorer William John Burchell…