In addition to a hosting one-off events like the St. Patrick’s Day Guinness & Oyster Festival on Saturday 17th March (come after the Neighbourgoods Market for a pint of the black stuff!!), the Taj will host a series of monthly events to showcase the incredible diversity of the wine, food and people of the Cape winelands through their Expressions of … series.
The journey through the world’s most beautiful winelands will begin with Expressions of Wellington and Paarl on Thursday 1st March, with Guest Chef Simone from Babel restaurant at Babylonstoren. Her dishes will be paired with regional wines which express the inherent character of the variety and their place of origin. Her menu will then be incorporated into MINT Restaurant’s Table d’hôte menu for the entire month of March with selected paired regional wines (Wellington & Paarl) as an option. Two of Taj chefs will have spent time with Chef Simone to ensure that her dishes are replicated correctly! More information can be seen here
‘Guest wines’ will feature on the Taj’s various restaurant lists throughout the month of March, as well as in their new Wine Kiosk (off-consumption 7 days a week!), which is located in the hotel lobby. Wines ordered on the launch night will be available at cellar door prices. These include selected wines from: W.O. Paarl – Avondale, Glen Carlou, Mellasat, Mischa, Noble Hill, Tormentoso, Veenwouden Private Cellar, Vilafonté and from W.O Wellington – Andreas, Bosman Family Vineyards, Diemersfontein, Doolhof, Dunstone, Schalk Burger & Sons & Welbedacht Estate.
Further Expressions of… events of great regional food and wine tastings will follow each month at Taj Cape Town this year. There will be weekly wine tastings at the hotel – each Wednesday evening in the Lobby and every Thursday lunchtime outside on St George’s Mall, whilst the Earth Fair Market is taking place.
The regions covered during the rest of the year, each with a guest chef from a renowned local eaterie, are:
March: Expressions of Wellington & Paarl
April: Expressions of Elgin, Lamberts Bay & The Cederberg
May: Expressions of Greater Simonsberg, Stellenbosch Valley & Bottelary Hills
June: Expressions of Robertson & Tulbagh
July: Expressions of Stellenbosch - Berg, Banhoek & Helderberg
August: Expressions of Wellington, Walker Bay, Elim & Bot River
September: Expressions of Franschhoek
October: Expressions of Cape Point & Constantia
November: Expressions of Swartland & Darling
December: Expressions of Durbanville.
The launch date for each Expression of … Series will be the last Thursday of the month preceding the series month, with the exception of the first series, which takes place on Thursday 1st March.
Thereafter the launch dates are Thursday 29th March for April: Expressions of Elgin, Lamberts Bay & The Cederberg with Chef Gordon Manuel of The Venue @ South Hill, Elgin, which is followed on Thursday 26th April with the launch of May"s Expressions of Greater Simonsberg, Stellenbosch Valley & Bottelary Hills with Chef Christiaan Campbell of the Restaurant at Delaire Graff.
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