New Feature: First Friday | Guest Wine Writer Series | № 1

By L.m. Archer @lmarcherml

Welcome to binNotes, your source for inspired stories about food, wine and travel.

By L.M. Archer, FWS | Bourgogne ML

Today marks the inaugural edition of my new feature entitled

First Friday.

Each first Friday of every month through 2016, I’ve invited some of my fellow wine writers the opportunity to join me here on binNotes and share a feature on some rare, obscure, or under-appreciated wine region for which they feel a special passion.

Selfishly, this allows me to experience new perspectives beyond my own myopic world of pitching, traveling, word-smithing, and deadlines.

It also allows me the opportunity to share with you some great writing by those whom I respect.

I hope you enjoy these guest writers’ stories as much as I do.

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First Friday | № 1 | Lauren Mowery | Wines of South Africa

For this first edition of First Friday, I’m honored to turn the page over to Lauren Mowery, the weekly wine columnist as well as the coffee and tea columnist for The Village Voice. In 2013, her wine blog Chasing the Vine was recognized as America’s Best New Wine Blog.

Today, Lauren shares her feature on the wines of  South Africa.

Credit: Lauren Mowery | Chasing the Vine.

“Lurching forward, rocking back, the black Jeep fought for purchase on the jagged rocks and loose soil of the Paardeberg mountain slope. Perched on the edge of the leather seat, I grasped the roll bar above me to avoid swaying into my co-passenger’s lap. Four adults had squeezed into the barely three-person rear of the vehicle as rides into the eucalyptus forest, our destination that evening, were scarce.READ MORE.

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