When inspiration in wine deserts me, I can always trust in pure anger at stupidity. Unfortunately there is never a lack of that. The stupidity currently on my mind is any talk about a boycott of South African wines as a response to the recent farm worker strikes.
Striking farmworkers in De Doorns are currently marching towards the offices of the Hex River Valley Table Grapes Association. Along the way, the crowd will also make a stop at the De Doorns police station.
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