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September 2019
Eben Sadie Wines ( Tokai ) Sorry, fully booked
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 »Battle of the Palates Wine Quiz ( Strand Street )
Booking Form Wine Quiz. Introducing the Battle of the Palates! Team up or go solo, to put your wine knowledge to the test and have a blast. Our super-knowledgeable Quiz Master, Lieze Norval, will guide you through tasting some of SA’s best wines with questions which will entertain and challenge beginners and winos alike. The top team will win a great prize, while the rest can console themselves with one of the delicious wines of the evening. Entry fee R150…
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 Street )
Booking Form 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,…
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