MY JOURNEY WITH WINE, from Bordeaux to South Africa

347pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, First English Language Edition, Stellenbosch, 2024

First published in French in 2022.

Preface by Jean-Robert Pitte, Institut de France.

May-Eliane de Lencquesaing was born in 1925 into one of Bordeaux's oldest wine families. In 1978 she inherited the vineyard of Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande in Pauillac and rebuilt the reputation of the estate’s wines. In 2003, at the age of seventy-eight, she moved to South Africa, bought a fruit farm, and created Glenelly Estate in Stellenbosch, where she now makes Cape wines.

In 2011, she was promoted by the French government from Chevalier to Officer in the Legion of Honour. She has also been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Bacchus Society of America (2005) and the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Wine Challenge (2017)

“May de Lencquesaing, what a woman and what an extraordinary journey! My Journey with Wine takes you through the seasons of her life, hardships, and joy. This is a must-read for anyone interested in history and wine." Beyers Truter, owner of Beyerskloof, Stellenbosch

“…for all that Julia Child was for ‘food’ May is for ‘wine’!” Sid Cross, former president of the International Wine & Food Society in Canada