Greetings from Thelema

You can cook for three guests (living or dead): who are they, and what would you cook them? Also give us a run-down of what you'll be drinking

Peter Sellers, Nelson Mandela, Ricky Gervais. Steak and chips, served with Thelema Cabernet Sauvignon

What's your winemaking philosophy?

'Benign neglect'

What's your favourite cocktail?

Caipirinha

Tell us about your most memorable food and wine moment.

Sunday lunches on the farm with the family, eating moms cooking, drinking dads wine, listening to opera. doesn’t get better than that.

You’re a castaway and you can only take three wines, one book and two luxury
items with you - what are these and why?

Three Wines
Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese (for breakfast)
DRC Montrachet (for lunch)
DRC Romanee-Conti (for dinner)

One Book
Catch 22. Had the book for 10 years now and still haven't read it. Will be forced to finally read it now!

Two Luxury Items
My bed, and a decent coffee machine (plus beans, and some long life milk)

If you weren't working in wine, what would your 'Plan B' be?
marry rich and play lots of golf

Tell us the story of the winery
The farm was named 'Thelema' after the fictional 'Abbaye de Thélème', written about by Francois Rabelais, the 15th century French renaissance writer, humorist and physician.