A Minute of Wine

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At the end of a challenging and demanding harvest, winemaker David Finlayson talks to us about the Edgebaston 2006 Shiraz, a wine that fits comfortably in the middle of new world funkiness, and old world class…

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David Finlayson talks to us about the Pepper Pot, his extremely popular Rhone-style Shiraz blend.

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An exhausted David Finlayson talks to us at the tail-end of the 2010 harvest and comments on how difficult it has been. Heat, rain, wind, the harvest had it all and pressed winemakers in the Stellenbosch region to their limits…

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Owner / Winemaker David Finlayson talks to us during the 2010 harvest as he and his team are bringing in the Semillion grapes, to be used in their Sauvignon Blanc. At Edgebaston David is able to get back to handcrafted winemaking, which reflects the three generation history of his family making wines in the Cape…

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David Finlayson has been making hand-crafted wines for over twenty years, carrying on a tradition that goes back three generations in South Africa. He has recently started creating wines on a family farm outside of Stellenbosch, crafting some fantastic wines. In this film, David takes us thru the complexities of the Cabernet Sauvignon, which is full of flavours and will benefit from five to ten years in the cellar.