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Winemaker who gets a kick out of horse riding

Nobody thought that good wine would come out of the tropics. The shorter light hours generally aren’t great for producing fuller bodied, high alcohol red wines, but Rift Valley Winery has defied conventions and has been producing good quality, crisp and fruity white and Rose and red Leleshwa wines for…

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The Leleshwa Story

After years of struggling to get it just right, 2015 is the year in which Leleshwa wines stand up and get noticed. This white wine is amazing. Nothing to improve, the bouquet of aromas is simply excellent”. We are just completing a tour of the Leleshwa winery near Naivasha and the person behind this flattering comment…

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5 African Wines Making a Splash

South Africa may be the dominant force in Africa’s wine economy, but as the continent’s middle class emerges and disposable incomes increase, entrepreneurs in some unlikely destinations are making inroads in the fine wine industry. As the world’s eighth largest wine producer, South Africa’s wine trade contributed 26.2 billion rand…

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