Stories

The writing between the episodes.

Essays and field notes from the vineyards we visit — long-form companions to the series.

Before Big Data Came to Wine, One Family in Stellenbosch Was Already Doing ItComing Soon
Stellenbosch, South Africa

Before Big Data Came to Wine, One Family in Stellenbosch Was Already Doing It

The story of an estate that mapped its soil and trusted its instincts decades before the industry had a name for either — our first long-form dispatch.

In production · 2026
From the factbase

Numbers worth a thousand words.

~20%bottles in circulation that may be counterfeit.
~51%share of a typical wine's carbon footprint that comes from packaging and shipping, not farming.

Figures from OIV, trade and academic sources; directional, and cited in our factbase.

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