Today was our Bacchus day – full day wine tasting in South Africa’s wine region. Started the day at Fairview Farms (SA wineries are not just for grapes – they grow fruits and vegetables as well as cattle sheep and goats) in Paarl. Then to Boschendal in Franschhock and to Stellenbosch to tour the university and taste at Neethlingshof farms. South African wines are not necessarily 100% South African – in 1886 a wine blight (phylloxera) killed off the vines and to rebuild the industry vines from the US were imported as the base and South African varietals were grafted to revitalize the industry.