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Zeal of the convert: How South Africa’s signature wine won me over | wine.co.za | SA News

I spent the better part of a week last month in the Western Cape of South Africa. I was briefly in the vineland around Stellenbosch and a little further west in the Swartland, and then in Cape Town for the country’s big wine show, Cape Wine. It was my first time back in 13 years, and I was as happy to return to that beautiful country as I was excited to see what had changed.

The beauty of Cape Wine is that just about everyone in the business (or craft) of making wine goes. Since my last visit in 2012, I have kept in touch and kept tabs on a handful of South African winemakers, especially those who make it to Canada every few years. But for three days in the great hall of the Cape Town…

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