In a pre-Covid era, late October/early November would have seen the release of the annual Platter wine guide. The brainchild and creation of John and Erica Platter, it was first published in 1980, when the modern Cape wine industry was in its infancy. For a few years it recorded the details of the imported wines available in the local market (I used to contribute a portion of this section). Then, as the volume of wine available from SA wineries started to grow apace, it focused on Cape wine...