About A Man in the Kitchen

At Rickety Bridge Wine Estate in the Franschhoek Valley. The car, although not really visisble, is a 1950 Studebaker, 5 years older than me!

Winner of the Franschhoek Literary Festival SA Wine Writer of the Year Award 2012

The pursuit of sybaritic pleasures in life is generally reserved for those who have substantial sums of money.

For the rest of us, it is something to which we may well aspire, and if we’re lucky, indulge in periodically, particularly if someone else happens to pay the bill.

Then there are those of us who have the privilege of working in the media, living a life – as Jane Raphaelly is rumored to have said – to which we cannot afford to become accustomed.

I’m one such individual. Since I’m a great one for sharing my experiences, I decided start this blog.

I spend a good deal of my time wandering around the Winelands in search of stories, and I encounter the most remarkable array of characters, places, bits and bobs. I’m inclined to write about what I experience, and since print pages are expensive and therefore limited (yes, I do write for a print publication each week), most of what I write will end up here.

Enjoy what you find, and do please register and participate in the blog. As my daughter, Alex is fond of saying: “Share the love!”