Bruce Whitfield | Why Gary Jordan bet on English wine

News24 Business3 November 2026 at 14:04

Gary Jordan comes from three generations of shoemakers. But he built Jordan Wine Estate into one of Stellenbosch’s best-known names. On Bruce Whitfield’s The Art of Deciding, he explains why he decided to make wine in rural England.
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