by Leah van Deventer | Sep 17, 2021 | Portfolio
In 2000, Brad O’Neill, an unassuming sugarcane farmer’s son from the KZN Midlands, packed his kit and headed to the Cape, intent on tackling sports science at Stellenbosch. And tackle it he did, but – like so many Maties before him – Brad found himself more and more...
by Leah van Deventer | Aug 9, 2021 | Portfolio
For World Baijiu Day, celebrated annually on 9 August, we take a look at this equal-parts prevalent and obscure liquid. Believe it or not, a spirit you might never even have heard of is actually the most popular in the world … well, in terms of volumes sold, anyway,...
by Leah van Deventer | Jun 28, 2021 | Portfolio
It’s a tale as old as time. An enticing creature of the sea seduces men with lyrical promises of rapture, knowledge or power, usually leading them to catastrophe. Except while the siren of the Karoo may have the tint of the Atlantic, she’s not a watery being. Quite...
by Leah van Deventer | Jun 18, 2021 | Portfolio
If you’re feeling a little ginned out, you’re not alone. Sure, South Africa’s affair with mother’s ruin may not be over, but spiritual seers are already casting their gaze to the future … and that future may be all about agave. So what’s agave, and what does it have...
by Leah van Deventer | Apr 30, 2021 | Portfolio
How West Coast Distillers did what it took to get keep their business afloat, pre and post Covid. When professional sailor Shane Smith flew over to London in early 2016 to go to a wedding along with long-time mate Shaun Bebington, little did he know that he’d come...
