Letters

Farewell to a South African wine industry giant

Francis ‘Duimpie’ Bayly (81), one of South Africa’s most distinguished wine personalities, passed away on 11 August 2021.

He started off his career as a lab assistant and rose to become an icon of the South African wine industry.

Bayly, who had been educated at Stellenbosch University, the University of California (Davis), and Harvard, and was a member of oenology and viticultural