Where is your favourite place to drink wine?
If you’re anything like me, it probably doesn’t involve lugging a heavy bottle of wine to the top of a hill, especially given that the main reason for walking involves exercise, not drinking, right?
Well, yes, and no. A bouncy three-day four-wheel drive trip around a game park in South Africa changed all that, for me. We weren’t walking up hills, but the long days in the open air, surrounded by wildlife, added a powerful, visceral layer to the pleasures of the great outdoors, especially at sunset with the silent but commanding presence of giraffes and kudu (antelope). And to be handed a glass of pinotage with the sky blazing reds, pinks and purples at sunset was an experience that felt far…
