South African Winemakers are doing it for themselves

By Malu Lambert

The Zoo Biscuits are a gang of like-minded wine producers passionate about making handcrafted wines—without the backing of big wine estates.

The group initially got together for the inaugural Cape Wine 2015 in an effort to showcase their own-label wines as a collective. It worked. The Zoo Biscuits were the talking point of the event, which saw trade and media from all over the globe attending.

Their set-up also stood out from the rest of the glossy stands manned by suit-wearing representatives. Along with a red Combi, green plants and various bits of zoo paraphernalia; the winemaker uniform of choice was shorts and flip-flops.

The Zoo Biscuits clearly like to colour outside of the lines. There’s no limit for them in winemaking; be it in vineyard, method or cultivar.


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