Ken Forrester

Stellenbosch, home for the family and a motley crew of pooches, sustainable farmed delicious wine bottled sunshine! The FMC and other multi-award winning wines!

[Ken Forrester @KFwines]

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky........

[Jim Hamilton @jimhamilton4]

We can win this one. Right?

[Stephen Jones @stephenjones9]

Feel for England after tough home season but awful result today. Boks had galaxy of players missing - Nick Mullins named 9 locks alone out . Boks have so much talent behind scrum. England have group of regular squad members not of Test class

[Rob Louw @roblouw6]

Why isn't this all over the media ??? Positive help ??No because the media only publish negative stuff
Billionaire Johann Rupert's quiet land reform effort has given 24,000 South Africans title deeds to their homes | Business Insider Africa https://t.co/nuMAwNX1on

[Ken Forrester @KFwines]

Consistent recognition for consistent quality - well done RJ and the KZ team!!!

[Cape Wine Oracle @capewineoracle]

Kleine Zalze Earns South Africa’s Highest Honour at Concours Mondial de Bruxelles

https://t.co/a0ZrBRcAWJ

[Saganism @Saganismm]

41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.

[Ken Forrester @KFwines]

@AngelaLloyd1 @Winbeebee @BBC @SaturdayKitchen @CheninBlancSA Way to go!!!

[Ken Forrester @KFwines]

@ListerLawrence James Pond 002

[Winnie Bowman, CWM @Winbeebee]

Yoo-hoo @kfwines on @bbc @SaturdayKitchen this morning! Well received with a #BraaiPie @cheninblancSA

[Graeme Joffe @Joffersmyboy]

As a SA sports fan, this should make your blood boil! The Olympic Committee of SA (SASCOC) said they didn’t get any Lottery funding for the 2016 Rio Olympics and they cut the athletes OPEX/training funding and limited the number of athletes that could go to the Games. But just look at this https://t.co/BLnejpeT3h
Then a month before the Rio Games, SASCOC (after crying poverty) got another R70 million from the Lottery. These corrupt officials lied, they stole millions and prioritized self enrichment ahead of the athletes! Who was the Sports Minister at the time - Fikile Mbalula! And these were the same corrupt SASCOC officials who filed a malicious R21.1 defamation lawsuit against me to bully and silence me!

[Greg Sherwood MW @gregsherwoodmw]

That’s what you call a 97 point smile… @Jordan_Wines @JordanGary 🇬🇧🍷🤣💪🏻🇿🇦 #tidebrook #mousehall

[Alex Deane @ajcdeane]

Good God.

[Ken Forrester @KFwines]

@AllThingsRugbyX @iamkoshiek Careful that’s what got Mallet fired!!!

[Emile Joubert @emilejoubert]

Looking back, South African Cabernet Sauvignons 1981 and 1966. Both gracefully mature, no dropped tits, unwanted facial hair or cellulite. Fruit-driven; lean, discernible tannin holding it together. But the GS at 60yrs? Incredible...the true SA icon wine, I think

[wine.co.za | South African Wine @winecoza]

Proudly recognised as South Africa's Home of Chenin Blanc, @PerdebergWines' Chenin portfolio celebrates heritage & innovation. Discover a Chenin for every occasion:
https://t.co/nvOMGkwtYa

[wine.co.za | South African Wine @winecoza]

At this year's Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, @kleine_zalze emerged as a leading South African performer, winning SA's sole Grand Gold medal and securing three Gold medals.
https://t.co/sls5Fe9UQP

[Ken Forrester @KFwines]

Great report but it all relies on the “feel good” element. The truth of the matter is that currently “Certified Heritage Old Vines” have no legal protection under the “Heritage” status. Currently the WC DA government has put us on notice that it plans to expropriate a portion of the FMC vineyard planted in 1974 registered and certified. Zero legal protection status. They will bulldoze this vineyard.

[Ken Forrester @KFwines]

@JBransgrove @British_Airways Absolutely no chance - @british -airways has a standard policy of “throw them a bone” some Avios and it’s all over.
Hard earned cash!!! No refund ever. #britishairways I have lengthy correspondence to prove it!!! Classic fail #BA

[Jono Ralph @JmrRalph]

Skink en dink: Chenin blanc bly maar bobaas! https://t.co/bTyMtlUdwA via @Netwerk24

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

It has been reported that a 125-decibel sound level was recorded at the Scotland v Haiti game during the pre match anthem singing of Flower of Scotland - the loudest ever noise level at a World Cup match. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Rohoza (Дев'ятий) Mykhailo 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 @Oct7NeverForget]

"THE LAWS OF HUMANITY"

In 1940, in the midst of World War II, Italian submarine commander Salvatore Todaro made a decision that is still regarded as one of the most humane acts in the history of naval warfare.

While on combat patrol in the Atlantic Ocean, his submarine, Comandante Cappellini, sank the Belgian merchant ship Kabalo.

According to the laws of war, everything should have ended there. The submarine was expected to dive immediately and leave the area. Remaining on the surface meant risking the lives of the crew and jeopardizing the entire mission.

But Todaro saw something else. Among the wreckage in the cold ocean were people fighting for their lives.

Sailors. Shipwreck survivors. Men with little chance of being rescued in time.

He did what no one expected. He ordered the submarine to surface and take as many survivors aboard as possible. There was not enough room for everyone, so some had to remain in a lifeboat. Then Todaro went even further: he ordered the lifeboat to be tied to the submarine and began towing it toward a safe shore.

For several days, the submarine traveled almost defenseless — slowly, on the surface, constantly risking detection and attack. Crew members reminded their commander that he was endangering the entire operation for the sake of men who had been the enemy only hours earlier.

Todaro's reply became legendary:

"They are not enemies now. They are sailors."

After delivering the survivors safely and handing them over to local authorities, the submarine resumed its military mission.

More than 80 years have passed. Countries, borders, and wars have changed.

Yet this story reminds us of something important: even in the darkest times, a person remains human. Sometimes a single act speaks of true greatness far more than any victory on the battlefield.

For there are the laws of war.

And then there are the laws of humanity.

And it is those that are remembered the longest.