Wine

If one were to travel to South Africa without much prior knowledge about its customs, one would be surprised to learn that the country has been producing wine for the past 350 years, supplying most of the European bourgeoisie, its bottles becoming prized elements within the cellars of influential statesmen. Many are the interesting stories of visionary doctors and Huguenot fugitives, their sweet wines turning to warm the exiled souls of the defeated.