This MAN thing all began with three friends and an idea: to make a wine that we ourselves would love to buy. Good quality, good value, good packaging. Not exactly an epiphany, but enough to motivate us into action. What do we name it? Keeping peace in the family, we took the first initials of our wives. (We each have one wife, that is.) So this is how we explained to Marie, Anette, and Nicky that we were going to be “busy” most weekends. It’s for you! we told them. And it’s mostly true. But MAN is not only about woMAN, it is about MANkind and huMANity as well.

Remember, Africa is the cradle of MAN!
 

Like most men, MAN has expanded a bit over the years. We started with our first export order to Japan in 2001 and have grown to pro­ducing over 50000 cases this year and exporting to 8 countries. Looking forward to continued expected growth, we were starting to feel the need to bring on an additional partner and perhaps more vineyard resources. As these things often have a way of happening, during a short informal chat with Charles Back, the owner of Fairview and Spice Route Wines, we realised that we had a lot in common: our passion for the industry, interest in new vineyard areas and like-minded business philosophies. By the end of our first beer we were partners.