Schalk Bezuidenhout: Pinotage has a Celebrity fan

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How a chance encounter online led to actor and comedian Schalk Bezuidenhout becoming Kempton Park’s most famous wine proprietor.
26 Feb English South Africa Society & Culture · Leisure

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