John Collins annual Trade tasting at Den Anker, V&A Waterfront

John Collins list is so good that his tastings are always popular
and Den Anker's food is a perfect match for the wines

Chris Alheit, Cartology owner & winemaker

Tiny tender sticky quail legs make a perfect nibble with wine

Marketer Thelma du Plooy, Owner & architect Gerhard de Villiers and winemaker Gunther Schulz of Kleinood

There were excellent cheese boards with soft goats cheese, camembert and a good blue cheese to eat with preserved figs and crisp melba toasts

Thelema winemaker Rudi Schulz, Anél Grobler (Spit or Swallow) and Gavin Ferreira (Twelve Apostles)

Deidre Taylor presents the new Diemersfontein Chenin blanc

Enormous prawns coated in crisp Kataifi Greek pastry

Sue Proudfoot and her daughter Ryenne

The freshest tuna coated with black and white sesame seeds and covered in a great asian sauce and beautiful fresh oysters

Thomas Orpen and Kathy Jordan

Crumbed brie slices, deep fried and molten inside!

Higgo Jacobs and Lisa Boshoff with Bevan Newton Johnson

Duck en croute slices topped with a tangy berry jam

Bevan Newton Johnson

Posy Hazell, Vaughan Johnson and James Boreland

Peter Bayly

Pearl Oliver, Lynne Jarché Ford and Jeanette Bruwer

Evening in the Waterfront

Photographs are © John Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus cc 2012