Past Events

The setting will be Cookery School owner Nikki Booth's chique home in Higgovale, Cape Town where we will enjoy dinner at long tables. Caroline attended a course at Nikki's venue in Orvieto, Umbria in April, which was where the seed was sown. Five courses will be served, and the Primo Course, Piedmont Course and Tuscany Course will be accompanied by a total of seven wines specially paired by Caroline Rillema, who will introduce you to them as we go. R850…

Clayton Reabow is the winemaker at Moreson in Franschhoek. He has a passion for Chardonnay and his Mercator is made with four different clones, whilst Dr Reason Why Chardonnay is from a single block, but fermented in amphora, concrete egg and tank. He will show five different Chardonnays from his cellar, and compare with three Burgundies: Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Saint-Aubin La Chatiniere 1er Cru 2015 ( R995 ), Dom Chavy-Chouet Meursault Clos des Corvees de Citeau 2015 ( R925 ) and…

To be held at our Tokai store. 18h30 - 20h00 Wednesday 12th September:  – Just unpacked – taste new wines from volcanic soils in Umbria, Campania and Sicily: ( Caputo Fiano di Avellino 2017; Caputo Aglianico 2013; Le Velette Orvieto Classico Berganorio 2017; Vivera Salisire Etna White 2014 ); then Cristo di Campobello Laluci Grillo 2017 and Lu Patri Nero d’Avola 2014 - both Sicily;  Bel Colle Barolo Monvigliero 2013 and Abbona Barolo Ravera 2011 from Piedmont; Castello Vicchiomaggio Guado Alto…

  Join Michael Crossley, Managing Director of Reciprocal Wine Company, the oldest fine wine importers in SA.            He will take us on a tour of classic Europe with the following delights: Champagne Louis Roederer Brut Premier, de Ladoucette Sancerre 2015, Domaines des Malandes Chablis "Fourchaume" 1er Cru 2016, Louis Latour Meursault "Charmes" 1er Cru 2015, Marc Bredif Vouvray 2015, Guigal St Joseph 2014, Chateau Haut Beausejour, St-Estephe 2015, Ramos Pinto Tinto Duoro 2013, Marques de…

  Caroline Rillema teams up with renowned Cape Town Chef, Harald Bresselschmidt of Aubergine Restaurant fame, to create a sublime three-course Italian lunch. As you may well know, Harald is a master at wine & food pairing and coupled with Caroline's beautiful wine choices from a recent buying trip, you can't go wrong. Start with three whites grown on volcanic soils in Tuscany's Umbria and Sicily's Mount Etna; followed by Sangiovese wines from Chianti and Montalcino, then Barbaresco and Barolo…

To be held at our Tokai store. 18h30 - 20h00 Wednesday 10th October:  Uva Mira Estate with winemaker Christiaan Coetzee.  Toby Venter’s search for a suitable wine farm ended the moment he set foot on Uva Mira on the higher reaches of the Helderberg.  As CEO of Porsche SA, it was not only the view that impressed him. The pinnacle of quality is what he wants in bottle, and his winemaker is winning international awards across the board. Christiaan will show…

Caroline’s White Wine & Cap Classique Review is one of the most important events on the South African wine calendar. It is a showcase of  55 wineries that have consistently achieved the highest accolades in all the top competitive platforms. Each of the selected wineries is invited to show just one wine for tasting by the guests. This must be their flagship white or MCC wine, and it will be shown by the winemaker personally. One can engage with them in…