Proprietor Afield in South Africa

Vineyard Research the Presumed Goal

Management has received several signals from the proprietor who is working in South Africa this month. Early communications indicated he was exercising diligence, if not full restraint, in his Dr Livingstone like exploration of the Stellenbosch and Franschoek hinterland.

Later telegrams were somewhat garbled (initially we thought he had formed some kind of working acquaintance with Swahili) but our investigations have revealed that his ventures into the bush were confined entirely to the great wine growing areas of the Land of the Springbok. "Worse for Wear" was the phrase that came to mind when we saw the photographic evidence.

The company of Eric Stoltz, Michael Rodgers, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Greenwood, Catherine Bell, John Sloane, etc. may be in part to blame. Maybe not.