It was a great evening for us; Annareth Bolton, CEO of
the Stellenbosch wine routes, laid on a microbus from the Waterfront so John and a few other drivers could
taste properly. The weather was miserable, cold and rainy, the traffic horrific - 1½ hours from the Waterfront to the Lord Charles
All the food was in small portions priced between R25 and R30
and you bought vouchers to purchase it.
All the food was in small portions priced between R25 and R30
and you bought vouchers to purchase it.
Mike Israel. chef at Pomegranate on Vergenoegd and the
sales staff on their table preparing our Springbok Carpaccio.
It was soft and melting and had a lovely crust of
roughly ground spices, good parmesan slices and great salad dressing for the
leaves.
Craig Cormack of Sofia’s at Morgenster with his staff
and the food they were presenting.
Sofia’s Trout Ballontine with mashed potato, served
with baby greens
De Waal Koch of Stonewall: very good white wines at a
bargain price - we bought the sauvignon and chardonnay
Capt’n Mark Bilton of Bilton Wines with his team
Stuart Buchan, Eikendal marketing manager, Allan Forrester of
96 Winery Rd and Eikendal winemaker Nico Grobler with some of Eikendal’s great
award winning wines
Former Springbok prop, Annandale's Hempies du Toit (wearing shoes - it was cold out) and his lovely niece
From top left: Duck and Cherry Pie from Ken &
Allan Forrester’s 96 Winery Road, which we had with their marvellous match, Shiraz
Grenache; Tomato and Mozzarella Tartlets with coriander pesto from Sofia’s;
Smoked trout roses wrapped around a prawn and topped with caviar – so good with
the bubbly from Avontuur
Sofia’s menu
The festival hall
Elizabé from Grangehurst, serving enthusiastic tasters including Lynne
Horrible traffic on the way to Somerset West and awful
weather on the way back. John revelled in relaxing in the back and not having
to drive
Dancing in the rain on the way home at the Waterfront
and our big eye
All these photographs are ©John Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus cc
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