The South African wine industry ranks as the eighth largest wine producer in the world and the sixth largest exporter, contributing approximately 3.9% of the world’s wine production in 2023. It was also the main reason for our visit, as wine is my friend‘s line of work. South Africa currently has about 87,848 hectares covered […]
Second post in the South African notes, following a bittersweet focus on its history (remember? 2.4 million people living in slums), and this time I promise it’ll get less grim. Maybe. And it will have penguins. 2. Nature and Wildlife South Africa hosts one of the world’s six floral kingdoms, the others being the Holarctic, […]
I don’t mind travelling alone. It provides me with a chance to focus and I find it particularly beneficial if I have to figure out shit. Which I do. This summer, hence, I took advantage of some business proposals and I basically went hiking. Only with less mountains. And more oysters. A lot more oysters. I […]
Per Sandra e per tutti gli altri appassionati della nobile scienza della botanica, questo articolo dal Manifesto di ieri. Incontro con il mago dei giardini, amava le piante che si spogliano Maria Antonietta Saracino Poco prima dell’estate incontrai Ippolito Pizzetti a Roma con l’intenzione di avviare insieme a lui una conversazione, che sarebbe poi dovuta […]