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RELAX AND UN-WINED

Few things have been popular for millennia. Denim is apparently the only fabric that has never gone out of fashion since its inception, but it's only been around for about 150 years. Wine must be up there with the raritie that will always be in vogue,given it consumption dates back to circa 5 000 BC. In South Africa, it's clear that we take our vinification seriously.

Wine production in the country goes back. Dutch settlers planted the first grape vines in the Cape soon after disembarking their ship in the mid -1600s to combat scurvy (allegedly). Since

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