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It is very clear, as Lewis Pugh and many others seek to remind us, that we are on a hiding to nothing if we continue to farm and produce as we currently chemically do. And it is equally clear that the Grieve clan want no part of that – as you would expect...

We were considering the form Avondale’s BioLOGIC approach to wine farming takes and here is what the press release usefully says:
“Jonathan’s approach to farming now takes into account all aspects of the natural environment, from the tiniest microbes in the soil to the position of specific star clusters in the night sky. He uses no chemicals – all the imbalances in the soil that...

I’m embarrassed to say I’d never heard of Avondale when co-owner Jonathan Grieve agreed to meet me on the farm last month. A glance at the last two year’s Platter wine guides, the Wine magazine website and the altogether prettier Wine Tourism Handbook...

Not the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, thank goodness…
Anyone who knows the Solms-Delta story knows that this farm’s way of being is the antithesis of pretension, especially Eurocentric pretension. Not that their wines aren’t premium in both their crafting and their price. It’s just that the spirit of the...