Like millions confined to their homes during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, Natasha Jacka found herself restless. Yet, amidst the global standstill, an extraordinary opportunity began to take root in her mind: a vineyard.
With her agricultural college studies suspended, Jacka, then 27, seized the chance to fast-track her dream of becoming a winemaker. She transformed her family’s garden in Cape Town, South Africa, into a burgeoning vineyard, bringing her ambition literally within reach. The world of wine, however, moves at its own pace, and it would be four years before the first harvest and vintage.
