Three top South African wines from new generation of 'fusion winemakers'
Winemakers are creating their own style that's a blend of old and new worlds. We've picked out three of the best.
These are excitingtimes for South African wines as a new generation of winemakers come of age, according to Siobhan Thompson, chief executive of trade organisation Wines of South Africa.
Master of wine Jancis Robinson agrees, describing what's happening to the industry there as "feeling like a teen coming-of age movie. In the classroom of wine regions, it's the kid who sits alone at lunch, wears weird clothes, but is still strangely confident, and manages to answer the teacher's questions with aplomb."
Thompson describes the new style as "fusion winemaking". Winemakers are creating their own style with confidence, a blend of the old and new worlds which is uniquely South African, she says.
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