A South African wine revolution brews in the Swartland terroir

Riebeeck Kasteel, South Africa

THERE is a revolution happening in South Africa's wine country, where a handful of young impassioned friends are turning their backs on the very practices that have made the country's wine industry such a success.

Not for them the standard locales that make up the wine tours of the region: Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Constantia - big farms with big production of big, fruity wines, all at Cape Town's doorstep.