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Dry Extract Interview: Charl Coetzee of Babylonstoren, South Africa

The Editors, 13.12.2021

In our Dry Extract mini-interview feature we ask top professionals in the world of wine, food and travel to answer 13 deceptively simple questions in a quick-fire fashion.

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Charl Coetzee is the cellar master at Babylonstoren, one of the oldest farms in South Africa, set in the Franschhoek wine valley. Charl studied Viticulture and Oenology at Stellenbosch University before starting his career at Kaapzicht Wine Estate. He was soon recruited to head up the Babylonstoren cellar, at that point still in its early days, and now also oversees the olive oil press, water, juice and digital departments.

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