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Attention all wine and champagne aficionados! Brace yourselves for a whirlwind of flavour and elegance this October because we're in for a double delight that'll tantalise your taste buds and uplift your spirits! Kicking off this fabulous month, we're diving headfirst into the second week of October with nothing less than Local Wine Week. It's the time when we, proud South African locals, get to bask in the glory of our nation's finest wines. Picture yourself savouring the rich, sun-kissed grapes from the heart of our land.

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When you log on to the Black Elephant Vintners (BEV) website, one of the first things you see on the landing page is a line that reads "A Robben Island native, an ex-stockbroker and an elephant walk into a bar ..." And you know immediately this is not your run-of-the-mill wine estate operating from a 17th century Cape Dutch-styled farm. Indeed, the three blokes behind BEV - Kevin Swart (the Black), Raymond Ndlovu (the Elephant) and Jacques Wentzel (the Vintner) describe themselves as "Rebels of the vine whose mission it is to bring truth to the wine industry and create experiences that turn convention on its head."