Michel Bettane

Leuk commentaar van Michel Bettane na een recent bezoek aan Zuid-Afrika:

"The most astonishing [wines] turned out to be marvels from pockets of the Swartland, Paarl and Wellington, from bush-vines which grow in the midst of an arid, austere but magnificent landscape reminiscent of Languedoc or Roussillon in France. Unpretentious, hard-working and passionate growers showed fellow international judge Julia Harding and me some splendid wines, all with a sense of character infinitely more authentic than many of the great names of Stellenbosch. Vondeling, Scali, Sequillo and the sublime Columella, Lammershoek and Bosman are names to remember. Here the white wines have a crystal purity to their expression and are impossible to stereotype. The reds are harmonious, filled with the aromatic notes which are part of the very atmosphere of the region."