John and Erica Platter have headed the South Africa bestseller list for more than 20 year with phenomenally successul wine guide. Popularly known as 'Platter', this pocket companion is rated by Decanter as 'one of the best wine guides in the world'.
Among the reasons for its local and international acclaim is the Platters' approach to wine - anti-pretension, pro-fun.
Now they've broadened their horizons. Sniffing and spitting and swallowing their way through Africa from top to toe, they're busy doing for the winelands of the whole continent what they have done for the Cape.
Following the wine trail in 12 very different countries - Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa - John and Erica have assembled a collection of dramatic and colourful stories. They've made brilliant wine and food discoveries, stumbled across extraordinary and virtually unknown historical sites, met the most illuminating characters, visited areas which have been no-go zones for foreigners for decades, and seen a country's past and future, its charms and doubts, reflected in a glass. And they have had enormous fun en route.