Today there are plenty of exciting wines of very good quality from South Africa. If you know where to look! Often it is from small producers outside the most famous wine regions, ie usually not from Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. Of course they make excellent wines even in those districts today, but if you are newcomer and do not have a lot of money, it's cheaper to settle in lesser-known areas, Swartland, Elgin, Walker Bay, and others.
We recently discovered a new Swedish wine importer focusing on that type of wine and their name is, appropriately, Wine Rebels, run by Hanna Dahlenborg and Ludvig Blomberg. Yes, Swedish, but bear with me!
Even though it is a Swedish importer, the conversation we had with them casts a very illuminating light on what is happening on the wine scene in South Africa today, so it is worth your while to listen to what they have to say even if you are not in Sweden! It might lead you to some new and great wine discoveries. We also had the opportunity to try a selection of their wines and in most cases we were very impressed with the quality and the personal style of the wines.
We will be back soon with a report about the selection of wines we tried. But first we start with a few questions to Ludvig and Hanna.
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