WINEMAKER STUART BOTHA – Featured in new reality TV Series
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South African SABC 3 viewers can expect to see the first of its’ kind reality TV Series set in the Cape Town wine lands, home to winemaking for over 350 years, early next month.
Entitled Exploring the Vine, this 13-part series chronicles the winemaking adventures of three up-and-coming local winemakers, Stuart Botha (Winemaker at Eagles’ Nest Wines), Howard Booysen and James Corder, over a 12-month period.
Produced in 2009 by leading South African film production company, Cooked in Africa Films, the series follows the daily antics of this unlikely trio of “wine boffins”, as they work long and hard to make a name for themselves in a notoriously competitive industry.
Says Founder and Executive Producer of Cooked in Africa Films, Justin Bonello, “Filmed in and around Stellenbosch, Constantia and Elgin, the Series provides a unique and entertaining showcase of what makes South African wines among some of the best in the world. Stuart, Howard and James represent a new generation of local winemakers who have each proven that the opposite is true when it comes to wine production: youth is not a handicap when it comes to making an excellent wine.”
In 2010, Cooked in Africa Films sold the global satellite rights to the series to National Geographic, succeeding in exposing the virtues of South African wine to an international audience.
“Exploring the Vine has been screened worldwide through the National Geographic Channel, establishing a global fan base for our three young winemakers and delivering tremendous value to the SA wine industry in the form of rich content and high entertainment appeal,” Justin comments.
SABC 3 viewers can expect a bird’s eye view of one of the most well respected wine destinations in the world as the talented trio try to balance hard work with leisure. There’s laughter and banter aplenty as the boys hit the road and discover the people, the places and sometimes the tall stories that make the South African wine industry truly unique.
The first episode of Exploring the Vine will be premiered on SABC 3 on Saturday, 4 February 2012 at 4pm.
