Elim

And so I have a hypothesis that these are also probably some of the wildest and most extreme oceanic regions as well.

But I would also put South Africa on that list, particularly the very tip of, um, of South Africa in, uh, the region called Elim, which is the deep south coast of almost literally the very tip of South Africa, which is interesting because that's where actually, well, what we call two oceans converge.

That's where, uh, the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean converge.

So there's, uh, a lot of weather and a lot of, um, intensity in that particular point.

So if you can ever, uh, get close to Hirsch's Block Eight, you know, get, get into it.

But a few, um, you know, looking farther afield, another oceanic wine I would recommend to, to get this taste and feeling would be to go to South Africa and try the wines of a, a really talented winemaker down there named Truzan Barnard.

She's based in Cape Town but makes a lot of her wines from Elim on the far south coast of, of the Cape, and she makes beautiful Chardonnay and, and Pinot, and she's a very oceanic person.

She's a great surfer and ocean dweller, and the ocean plays a really strong role in her winemaking and, and in her life as well.