There are very few winemakers as gracious, humble, and engaging the calibre of Bruce Jack. From the outside, looking in, everything he touches turns to prized nectar of the gods.
We have all had to face the damaging impact of Covid-19, but none more so than in South Africa as wine producer, Bruce Jack, explains in this deeply personal account of life on the front line of a pandemic and government alcohol ban.
This is going to sound strange, but…I knew something unusual would happen in 2020.
Exactly a year ago I flew into Barcelona to start our annual La Báscula winemaking trip. Ed Adams MW, my partner, flew in from Bath and I from Cape Town, because our main hub is Pepé Fuster’s winery just outside the town of Gandesa in the underexplored, intriguing wine region of Terra Alta, just south-west of Barcelona.