I knew South Africa had great wildlife; I didn’t know they had also had a great wine region just outside of Cape Town. I actually could have gone whale-watching and wine-tasting on the same day. (We did both, but on different days).

I don’t know a thing about wines. Let me correct that. I know I like red more than white; I know I like visiting vineyards because they always seem to be lovely, and I know that 1997 was a very good year in Italy.

But back to South Africa. We were there doing some pretty serious stories — about crime, about politics, about unemployment and unrest. But Cape Town cameraman Peter Rudden twisted my arm and on the last day — when all our serious work was done — and dragged me out to the wine country near Stellenbosch.

We spent a great afternoon at Meerlust, where cellarmaster Chris Williams showed us around and told us what makes this part of South Africa such a great place to make good wine.

Take a look at the video below:

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