DEREK's Blogs

  • The land of frozen rivers

    February 2, 2003
    5 minute read

    Things are not going to plan this winter. In January I was suffering arctic temperatures in New York, and now I am heading for Toronto in February. This is not what is supposed to happen. February should be meetings with food companies in the southern hemisphere sun – Cape Town, Sydney, or Rio. But no,…

  • A lecture in Stellenbosch

    October 30, 2002
    3 minute read

    I have always felt quite at home in an aeroplane. It’s one of those times when you feel no guilt at doing absolutely nothing except stare dreamily out of the window, take your shoes off, and drink champagne. That is until I was on my latest South African visit and spending a night at the…

  • Swiss wine and raclette

    January 2, 2002
    5 minute read

    It’s Wednesday, 2nd January, early morning, and the outside temperature gauge registers -5°C as we arrive at Luton airport. This is the start of a week when I am going to forget all about Food Production, and concentrate on Wine Production, and of course it’s consumption. We are leaving for the Valais region of Switzerland,…

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