In a recent interview with the authors of Grape: stories of the vineyards of SA (Tafelberg, 2011), Su Birch, CEO of WOSA, a body “which promotes the export of wine” claims “the history of good table wine in the Cape is less than 15 years old.” Well what about the George Spies 1966 Cabernet then, a wine at least one pundit reckons the best SA red, ever? Ten other contradictions: