Saturday, 10 January, 2026
Judy Brower | wine.co.za
Let’s Learn about South African wine!
This is a broad overview of South Africa’s signature grapes and wine regions (Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Paarl, etc).
And I will share with you why I think this up-and-coming region is a great place to find great high quality value wines. Also it’s National Chenin Blanc Day this weekend so I thought it was fitting to talk about South Africa, where it is the most planted…
Provinces: The country is divided into nine provinces: Eastern Cape, Free State,
Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, and Western Cape.

Twinkle Cocoa
An retired elderly couple visit London..
They get picked up from the airport in a london black cab and head off into the city for some adventure.
The cab driver say \”where you from guvnor?
Husband. \”we\’re from South Africa\”..
The wife is a little hard of hearing asks her husband.
\”What did he say?\”
The husband turns to his wife and says louder \”the cab driver asked us where we were from, I told him South Africa!\”
The cabbie continues \”I was in the merchant navy years back… I got to drop anchor down your way, a few times in Johannesburg\”
The husband replies \”oh wow that\’s where we\’re from originally, now we\’re in Cape Town.\”
The wife asks the husband again \”what did he say?\”.
The husband again relays the unheard conversation \”the cab driver says he spent some time in the navy and went down to joberg\”.
The wife smiles and nods.
Wheels
Laaitie – a young male [light-e] This term is used to describe a male in his teens or early twenties.