A festival of bubbly

The Ambeloui harvest festival was held last weekend. Tucked away in the heart of the Hout Bay valley, next to the Disa River, Ambeloui, a half-hectare farm of mostly chardonnay and pinot noir grapes, has been there since 1995. Nick Christodoulou, a Greek Cypriot and retired financial banker, bought the land and took on making méthode cap classique, South Africa’s equivalent of French Champagne. His daughter, Miranda Green, now runs the business.