Weekend of Wine Part 2: Nach Durst 1

Nacht durst is a German phrase describing the insatiable thirst one wakes with after a long night out. You wake up in the early hours of the morning, stumble to the bathroom, stick your head under the cold water tap and gulp mouthful after life-giving mouthful until you think you are sated. But straightening up you realise the thirst is still there in a bizarre contrast to your bloated belly – that my friends is nacht durst.

Even from an early age I have suffered from Nacht Durst

This is exactly what I woke with this past Saturday morning after a long night out with Mark Kaigwa – Kenyan child star and digital whizz – after the 27 Dinner on Friday night. Hazily I realised that in 30min I was supposed to be boarding a bus for a bloggers tour of Stellenbosch to promote the Great Wine Capitals’ 2011 Best of Wine Tourism competition.