The acoustics are pretty good inside a crash helmet. As I scoot along the Winelands roads I find myself singing Gerschwin’s “Summertime (and the Livin’ Is Easy)”, from Porgy and Bess, at the top of my voice, albeit rather tunelessly. Soon it changes to “Harvest Time (and the Tractors Are Busy)”.
The air is filled with the heady scent of sun-warmed grape skins piled up beside the pressing cellar doors. Every few metres I swing the little Vespa out to overtake yet another tractor and trailer-load of ripe grapes on its way to the cellar.
Two of us are on scooters, heading out on a glorious summer day to explore the delights of the Franschhoek valley. After the picturesque and sleepy hamlet of Pniel we pass BOSCHENDAL, probably one of the best known of the Cape’s historic estates, with more than three centuries of farming history behind it.
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