“I don’t like driving hey. We live here on the farm, we live among the vines, we feel the season here, and that’s lekker.” - Adi Badenhorst.
Adi says that someone once asked Serge Hochar of the Lebanese Château Musar what he thought of the 1972 vintage. He says Serge looked at the person and asked: Is that a question? Instead of talking about the weather, Serge answered. In 1978, his flat was bombed in Beirut and he had pushed up his cupboard against the door, grabbed the 1972 from where he was sitting against the door, and drank the wine throughout the night as he kept vigil. The next morning, when he woke up, his neighbours had been killed, his life changed forever, but what he remembered of the 1972 vintage was the comfort it was to him that night. Far from the “wanky” (as Adi calls it) descriptions of wine (Adi says he once loved reciting the technical jargon), he found true meaning and purpose in Serge’s description and the joy of missing out on all the pomp of fine wine.
DOP: Michael Ellis Edited by: Kleinjan Groenewald
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