wine of origin

Wine of Origin: Plettenberg Bay

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


Pinot Noir it is!

We identified a part of the farm which we thought would be best-suited for the…


"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…


A Cautionary Tale

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


The Vineyards of Plettenberg Bay

The first vines were planted at Bramon to much scepticism in 2000.  The first…


A Vision of Vines

The remarkable naturalist, ornithologist and explorer William John Burchell…