Jaaa-bru 2016 Clairette Blanche started making wine in my

started making wine in my friend’s garage

a journalist writing for a huge German magazine called the "Stern" phoned me

I had bought bits of grapes from the farmer during that year’s harvest (which all turned out really promising) and was doing my annual post-harvest farm visit with a fresh barrel sample for the farmer to taste

The Story:

the birds would hop from bunch to bunch pricking the berries with their beaks

Jaaa-bru 2016 Clairette Blanche started making wine in myIf you translate the word Mal from Afrikaans to English, it means crazy and Bek means mouth. And that was quite clearly the inspiration behind this label. The Story: The guy who farms this vineyard is way better than me at farming, and I don't have to give a lot of input. Guys like him are absolutely crucial to my business. He is a fellow surfer and has this habit of answering his phone with: Jaaaa Bru?. Its South African slang and basically means