Following on from winter, the early summer is as always an exciting time - the south easter wind, the Cape Doctor as we call it, is blowing hard and will probably carry on until the harvesting season in early February.

We have had an exciting summer, lots of wind, very little rain, a number of mountain fires, but a good vintage was bestowed upon us. The first 2011 vintage wine, for the edifice of the northern hemisphere readers, is already on the market and extremely dr