“It looked very curious. The clouds were pouring over the edge of the mountain tops in the Franschhoek Valley. It looked almost like a waterfall that was falling down on us. Luckily the “waterfall” evaporated before it reached the middle of the valley where we were standing in the vineyards.”
“We were in a block of merlot at the Rickety Bridge Winery in Franschhoek together with Wynand Grobler, their young winemaker. It was one of our visits on a South African wine tour. Franschhoek was once called Olifantshoek, the elephant corner, before it became the French corner…”
Read the rest of Britt’s article on Franschhoek in South Africa on The Wine Travel Blog on BKWineTours.com: Pouring over the edge in the Franschhoek vineyards.
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