South African brandies are world-class products with unique tastes, characters and styles, and Fire Water: South African Brandy provides a fascinating new account of how brandy is created and enjoyed in this country.

South African brandies are world-class products with unique tastes, characters and styles, and Fire Water: South African Brandy provides a fascinating new account of how brandy is created and enjoyed in this country. Fire Water also explores South Africa's brandy country, looking at the regions, terroirs, cellars and grape varieties used in brandy production, and takes the reader on a tour of producers, which range from the country’s major distillers to small, select, single-estate brandy makers. The title explains the complex skills involved in the craft of brandy production and describes the different styles of brandy made by the South African industry.