Tomorrow is Woman’s Day. Thank you @nitidawine for this gift honouring what women do for wine & so many other spheres of life recorded here.

More Burgundian than New World this Restless River Chardonnay 2019 from Hemel-en-Aarde is evolving beautifully, focused with great minerality, hint of citrus peel, refined white nectarine, pink grapefruit and evocative floral notes, love the purity & focus great with Paella

Who did this? 🤣

Amandla African National Congress this will be your legacy for ever, you will never be able to change this history. You will forever be known for the destruction of the the country under your rule.

An American wins a braaibroodjie competition🤔 What do you think of that Johann Biermann 🇿🇦 ?

Did you know? Just R100 can provide a week's worth of meals for a child in need. Help us fight hunger and bring hope to the South African Winelands. A little goes a long way! 🧡 📸 The Lunchbox Fund

The queen of grenache - blanc, gris & noir! Not a show to miss.

Max du Preez writes a letter to a Jewish friend who called him a Jew-hater because of his criticism of Israel's response to the October 7 Hamas attack. Click on the link below to read his letter to his friend Dave. i.mtr.cool/ynombrvptu

Next time you read a book in the park as a woman, remember it’s now a privilege. In Afghanistan, you can’t read a book. In public. As a woman. The Handmaid’s Tale in 2024.

👉🏿I call on women throughout the world to join me in denouncing and condemning the #Taliban's infamous and barbaric laws. We must stand in support of #AfghanWomen PRT As of today, this is how women must dress in Afghanistan, according to the Taliban's Supreme Leader. The

“A woman’s voice is deemed intimate and so should not be heard singing, reciting, or reading aloud in public.” Taliban bans the sound of women’s voices singing or reading in public amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/08/22…

Thread of hilarious maps you've (probably) never seen before 🧵 1. World map according to fish

#RecogniseGenderApartheidInAfghanistan #LetUsExist #AsACrimeAgainstHumanity #StopWomenAnnihilationInAfghanistan #AWomansVoiceIsNotAwrat #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

Last week, the Taliban issued horrific new edicts banning women from showing their faces, interacting with unrelated men, & having their voices heard, calling them "awraa" (parts of the body to be kept private). Afghan women are fighting back with a campaign of singing & poetry.

Privileged to taste 15 vintages of Restless River Main Road & Dignity Cabernet with Craig & Anne, celebrating 20 years on their Hemel-en-Aarde farm

I am delighted that my article on how to communicate about wine has been published by Meininger's International. Thank you, Anja Zimmer and wine thinker (wine_thinker on Thre@ds). meiningers-international.com/wine/debate/be…

I still think this might be the greatest thing on Twitter, ever.

My 2024 South Africa report is live on my site. At 332 pages and more than 110,000 words, it’s the biggest report I’ve ever written. I’m immensely proud of it. #2024sareport. timatkin.com/reports/

What defines fine wine in South Africa? 4 wineries, who pioneered Cape Bordeaux Blends, showed 2 wines – one from the tricky 2011 vintage and one from the near-perfect 2021 – providing an enlightening snapshot of fine wine evolution in the Rainbow Nation. the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/s…