#2  Wine Life by Daléne Fourie | Episode Two | In Conversation with Stephanie Wiid of Thistle & Weed Wines

For the second episode of Wine Life, we sat down with Stephanie Wiid of Thistle & Weed Wines, Tim Atkin's Young Winemaker of 2024, at their new tasting room on the Leef op Hoop farm in the Jonkershoek Valley. Arguably Stellenbosch wine royalty, with a grandfather who was Neil Joubert of Spier, she worked under Charles Back at Fairview for 11 years before she went out on her own with business partner and Vinpro viticulturist Etienne Terblanche in 2016. Stephanie is a Swiftie, mother of three, winemaker, lover of Portuguese varieties in the Cape, and a ceramicist. In no particular order. And also somehow finds the time to make beautiful, award-winning Cape Chardonnay for Draaiboek wines, as well as the Terblanche Family's Elmie Rosé, among a number of other side hustles. She represents that particular brand of can-do that seems to permeate the industry, and even managed to record their family dog, Kolisi or Khaleesi - either Bok captain or Mother of Dragons, depending on the day - to put on record his particular brand of extra. Winemakers and their dogs, it's a thing.

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As mentioned in the podcast, Loftie Ellis works for Wine Quality Consultants. You can find him here: https://wineqc.com/