Heading off to CDG airport, Paris, early in the evening in late June 1999, I had no idea my life would take a new direction. The Air France flight to Cape Town was delayed until the next morning, and hotel accommodation was arranged. The next morning, when I was back at the airport and checking in, the good news was that I had been upgraded to business class, as was a group of South African wine producers who attended Vinexpo, Bordeaux. Serendipitously, seated next to me was

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https://icwm.co.za/loire-chenin-blanc-tasting/ Ina Smith from the Chenin Blanc Association presenting the tasting to the Cape Wine...