The only reason our vineyard isn’t diseased is that we’re out there every day thinning the vines and we are pedantic. ‘We’ve had rain for seven months this year. There are also vervet monkeys,’ Jane gestured to some of the vineyard’s electric fences. Instead, there’s a culture of learning and a sense of wonder about wine. Here, there’s no snooty sniffing and spitting (at least, not during my visits where every sip was swallowed). Why dilute it? ’ Jane continued, her dogs snuggling deeper into the rugs beside the blazing fire in a quintessential Midlands scene. In a blind tasting, you get a leaner style and a lovely minerality. It’s got an old-world nature that’s much more delicate. ‘We’re getting such a name for incredible wine because it’s so different. With plenty of rain and rolling green scenery, the environmental conditions of the Midlands are similar to those in parts of Europe. ‘KZN is capable of making fabulous, fabulous wine,’ she said. Such a spirited quality undoubtedly aided in making their wild idea work. Like the bubbly that lines the shelves of the cellar, Jane is effervescent. ‘We want you to come and sit with us for an hour or two, hear our story, and become an Abingdonian, as we call them.’ ‘We don’t want to be an anonymous bottle on a shelf,’ Jane says. The resulting wine is something of a compromise between them. ‘He says, “Right, my gut says this” and she’ll respond with “Don’t be ridiculous, science says this.” They have an amazing synergy.’ ‘Ian is completely self-taught, and Laurie studied wine more formally,’ Jane explained. I immediately loved this winery because Abingdon embraces us, the amateur wine lovers. The following year, their tasting room was the recipient of the American Express Dining Awards South Africa’s Best Kept Secret. Senior Pakistani officer Khalid Chauhan said Sunday that police picked up the suspects amid the crackdown on traffickers and were interrogating them for their alleged roles in luring, trapping and extracting huge amounts of money to send the men abroad.Ībdul Jabbar, a top official at the Federal Investigation Agency, appealed to families of those who died in the boat incident or went missing to come forward and share information about the smugglers.Brought up among the gloomy grapevines of Lion’s River, Laurie Cooper (daughter to Jane and Ian) is now the assistant winemaker at Abingdon and was named the Moët & Chandon best young sommelier of South Africa for 2019. So far, authorities have detained nearly two dozen suspects, including two key suspected traffickers in Pakistan, and at least 12 people involved in sending young men to Libya for the onward journey to Europe. “All the people involved in this tragedy will be brought to justice,” the minister pledged in a statement, adding that Sharif’s government will further toughen existing laws to include harsh punishments for human traffickers. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan said the country’s Federal Investigation Agency launched a crackdown against traffickers, arresting key suspects in the eastern city of Lahore and in Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province. Pakistani national soccer team player Shahiza Raza died in March in a shipwreck off Italy’s southern coast when she embarked on the dangerous voyage to Europe find medical treatment for her disabled 3-year-old son. Some of Pakistan’s tragedies in migrant crossings have been widely publicized. “We are waiting for a miracle and miracles do happen,“ Sawan told The Associated Press by phone from the city of Gujrat in Punjab province, from where an estimated 50 people are missing. Student Sawan Raza, 20, said his brother, Ali Reza, 28, had tried to make it to Europe with the help from human smugglers, to find a better job. Meanwhile, relatives of the missing were praying for their safety. Desperate for a better life, many Pakistanis pay up to $8,000 to traffickers to smuggle them to Europe through Iran, Libya and Turkey. Pakistani police said they were interrogating three arrested traffickers in connection with the sinking. Pakistan’s Embassy in Athens has so far identified 12 Pakistani nationals rescued by the coast guard, but no information was available about those who went missing after the vessel sank. A search-and-rescue operation has since been underway. The vessel was carrying as many as 750 people, including scores of Pakistanis, when it sank in international waters. The fishing trawler packed with migrants overturned and went down early Wednesday off southwestern Greece in one of the deadliest-ever incidents in the central Mediterranean Sea.
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