Boekenhoutskloof – easier to drink than to pronounce
Friday 3 February 2023
Founder winemaker Marc Kent celebrates the 25th vintage of pioneering South African winery Boekenhoutskloof with a series of mini-verticals in London.
The first time I met Marc Kent was at Boekenhoutskloof in South Africa’s Franschhoek Valley in 2001, when I was working for the high-end UK grocery chain Waitrose and studying for my Master of Wine. It was my first time in the country: a hectic week or so driving from region to region in a very small hire car. Kent had been the winemaker there since 1994. He is now managing partner and technical director.
That visit and tasting...
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