1st May 2010
At an age when most men are contemplating the prospect of a free bus pass, Angelo Gaja is as youthful and energetic as ever. His hair may be grey now, but Italy's most famous winemaker still moves at a pace that is closer to a jog than a... Read more
16th Feb 2010
Pedro Parra is crouching in a hole with a small hammer in his hand, chipping away at the soil like a demented sculptor. "Granitic, pure grantic," he says, lifting a lump of pink igneous rock above his shoulder. "The topsoil is... Read more
11th Oct 2009
Relaxed, friendly and unfazed, Adolfo Hurtado is equanimity made flesh. There may be moments when he loses his rag mid-harvest -- berating a hapless cellar hand or smashing his knuckles against a barrel in frustration -- but they are hard to... Read more
31st May 2009
Eben Sadie belongs to another era. In an age of instant mass communication, of bloggers and Twitterers and information overload, South Africa’s most talked about winemaker is gloriously unconcerned about the outside world. He... Read more