handtomouth

My brother has just launched a South African chapter of the international movement called The Brights. Bit of a naff name for me, but what it represents is worthwhile – an alternative to the superstition-led and -laden world that surrounds us. Check it out if you are passingly irritated by the New Age and think that George et al are leading us to a nasty dark corner of the forest… as for my brother and whether he can be trusted: he did tell me that the bottle of Lomond “Sugarbush” Sauvignon Blanc 2005 I gave him to try was too sweet and alcoholic. This wine is be-medaled, beautifully packaged, and comes from an allegedly cool growing area around Agulhas. The wine seems not to care, and his summary is spot on. So, to playfully mis-attribute trustworthiness (worse have been committed), I take this pronouncement over the wine as a form of a sign.