The late Chris du Toit was one of the pioneers of the South African wine industry and was employed at Stellenbosch Farmers Winery for 29 years, where he ended his career as Director of Operations. He was one of the founding members and first generation owner of Brenn-O-Kem (Pty) Ltd. Brenn-O-Kem plays a vital role in the South African wine industry, recycling the by-products … [Read more...]
Wine drinkers help protect Cape environment
Drinking wine is one of life’s great pleasures, but there’s even more pleasure when you know that your favourite tipple is not harming the environment. Through the WWF-SA Biodiversity Wine Initiative (BWI), a pioneering partnership between nature conservation groups and some of the country’s wine producers, savouring wine is more environmentally friendly than ever. So highly … [Read more...]
Waverley hills organic farm
In early January my daughter and I set off on a trip to visit some of the Western Cape organic wine farms for a book I'm co-authoring. I have been passionate about these superb South African wines for a long time. As a student I lived on wine farms on all sides of Stellenbosch. There I was exposed to the health problems experienced by labourers and their families who work … [Read more...]
