Dan Really Likes Wine

The young migrant who arrived in South Africa with almost nothing is now one of Africa’s key figures: Tinashe Nyamudoka relives an inspiring wine journey, and celebrates the global success of his Kumusha brand

Leon Meyer was destined for a life in the courtroom until common sense struck, and his natural calling led him to luxury hotels, global travel, and plenty of very fine wine

He’s a national treasure, and as important a figure in the wine industry as South Africa has ever had: Michael Fridjhon reflects on a life in wine, the poetry of tasting notes, and his greatest ever wine.

Thanks to a father with a love for wine and a collection to match, wine was always likely to be Stephanie Cartwright’s calling - and despite considerable early success, she’s just getting started.

Amine Ghanem left Lebanon on a champagne pilgrimage that has taken him to Dom Perignon, and the winemaking team behind one of the most iconic wines in the world.

Khensani Nobanda is both South Africa’s most successful marketer, and the driving force behind her boutique wine brand Kebo Noir - and has plenty of ideas about how to bring South African wine and marketing together.

After scrambling between cellars, juggling jobs, and starting a family while kicking off her eponymous wine brand, Jessica Saurwein marks 10 years of winemaking - and an exciting new chapter.

Former Cape Winemakers Guild protégé Gynore Fredericks found a friend and mentor in Andrea Mullineux, which inspired the creation of the groundbreaking Great Heart wine range.

The world knows MasterChef and Ultimate Braaimaster judge Pete Goffe-Wood as one of South Africa’s great chefs, but he’s every bit as passionate about wine.

From an island hotel school to the man behind Southern Sun’s vast cellar, sommelier Miguel Chan joins the podcast this week.

The Swartland’s quintessential love story: young South African winemaker, meets young Californian winemaker in France, they fall in love, decide to move South Africa and give the local industry a crack - and now sit as the first couple of South African wine. Chris and Andrea Mullineux’s wonderful story on #DRLW this week.

The West Coast is South Africa’s most exciting new wine region - and Sakkie Mouton and his cult favourite ‘Revenge Of The Crayfish’ chenin blanc is a big part of the West Coast success story

DURBAN'S AUSTRIAN TREASURE: How did an Austrian waitress working in Berlin find herself an unlikely champion of South African wine in a fine dining restaurant in a living room in Durban? For Johanna Richter, it all started with a good looking guy peeling potatoes in the restaurant kitchen...

THE FARMER WHO MAKES WINE: It took a while to explain to Callie Louw what a podcast is, and his own copy will be delivered on a TDK cassette - but while he might be averse to technology, the man behind the 100-point Porseleinberg syrah has no such issues with wine, and is as masterful in the vineyards working the farm, as he is in his Swartland cellar.

FROM HEADBOY TO WINEMAKER: The eccentric, eclectic heartbeat of the Swartland Revolution, Adi Badenhorst’s journey from wine family in Constantia, via a plum Stellenbosch job he got fired from, to making wine that travels the world to considerable acclaim, is as entertaining as the laidback winemaker himself. TAG: Adi Badenhorst, AA Badenhorst, Swartland Revolution, Swartland Wine Route, Cape Wine...

South African Sommelier of the Year Wikus Human started in the hospitality industry with zero wine aspirations; now he’s now of the industry’s most accomplished figures, lending his gift for wine to David Higgs’s restaurant empire - and swapping the quiet, rolling hills of Johannesburg for the fast-paced hustle of Cape Town at the brand new Marble at the V&A Waterfront.

South Africa’s foremost wine marketing wizard has created the country’s leading luxury wine label in Vilafonté, on the back of the family success story of Warwick. He’s also rather important in Stellenbosch wine circles, and as eerily prescient feel for wine trends and opportunities - and happens to be the inspiration behind the Dan Really Likes Wine podcast.

What happens when you lose your job, you’re also starting to lose your sight, and life seems lined up against you? If you’re Erika Obermeyer, you simply start a brand new wine project that becomes a massive success story, delighting wine fans and offering inspiration in equal measure.

He has the build of a rugby player, and the game is in his DNA - but Rudger van Wyk opted for wine instead. For fans of Stark-Condé (and there are many), that was good news indeed; having recently swapped Stellenbosch for Wellington, the star winemaker talks change, wine bars, and a little

The advertising creative with a crazy wine dream - Craig Wessels tells the story of Restless River, the Hemel-en-Aarde success story that’s given South Africa wildly popular pinot noir and chardonnay, plus a cabernet sauvignon with a cult following. Also: the critical importance of surfing...

The brand new Dan Really Likes Wine podcast launches with Salt River’s surfing winemaker - the effortlessly cool and multiple-award winning Duncan Savage.