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August 2019
Cape of Good Hope old-vine Wines (Tokai)
BOOKING FORM A collection of brilliant, terroir specific wines from South Africa's oldest vines ( >40 years ) in the Cape, preserved to reflect the character of low yielding mature vineyards. This range is part of the Anthonij Rupert Collection. Visionary Johann Rupert joined forces with viticulturist extraordinaire Rosa Kruger to isolate these vineyards more than a decade ago. They offer the farmers assistance in resuscitating the vines, and also good money per ton, in order that they be preserved.…
Find out more »September 2019
Tuscany at Table Seven
Join Caroline at Table Seven for dinner, in which divine Tuscan food and wine will be served. Chef Luke Wonnacott, who, with over 14 years of experience in some of the world's top restaurants and hotels, brings a wealth of knowledge and skill to Table Seven. His wife Katie has travelled the UK and Mediterranean as a private chef, interned at the Wolseley but decided to change her course of direction to Event Management. See more here Menu First course Chickpea,…
Find out more »Eben Sadie Wines (Tokai)
BOOKING FORM EBEN SADIE recently released his 2018 vintage ‘Ou-Wingerd’ or Old Vine series of five wines, plus his 2017 Palladius Swartland white blend and Columella Swartland red blend. Eben has been a mover and shaker since he graduated from Elsenburg in 1994. By now, he needs no introduction as he has gained the mantle of one of SA’s best, and most philosophical winemakers. He is deeply passionate about the old vineyard blocks in the Cape, but mostly in the…
Find out more »Steenberg Estate with winemaker Elunda Basson (Tokai)
BOOKING FORM Meet ELUNDA BASSON, new winemaker at STEENBERG ESTATE. Elunda brings with her decades of winemaking experience in Stellenbosch, having focussed on MCC for the past twelve years. She and Caroline have chosen Steenberg Black Swan Sauvignon Blanc, Rattlesnake Sauvignon Blanc, Magna Carta Semillon-Sauvignon, Merlot and Nebbiolo, with which we will compare superb European examples of the same cultivars, which will be tasted blind, in pairs. One to look forward to! R200 pp
Find out more »Agulhas Wine Triangle Launch (Strand)
This tasting will be the first-ever tasting of this new wine route, est 2019. The Agulhas Plain, home to the southernmost tip of Africa and the meeting place of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, is believed to have been formed more than 900 million years ago, once having been part of Antarctica. Thousands of flora species flourish in this region characterised by outstretched sand plains, wetlands, gravelly bottomlands and extensive limestone and calcareous dunes. Until fifteen years ago, all of…
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