David Finlayson

South Africa

David Finlayson grew up in Stellenbosch wine country, third generation, born into it, vines in the family for as long as anyone can remember. He spent decades sharpening his craft in places that matter: a stint at Chateau Margaux in Bordeaux, time with Peter Lehmann in the Barossa, plus years back home making serious wine. In 2004 he and his family bought a rundown farm called Edgebaston in the foothills of the Simonsberg and set about replanting it, parcel by parcel, into the thirty-hectare estate it is today. Camino Africana, "the African way", is his personal statement piece: old vines, minimal intervention, no shortcuts.