We started at La Masseria
on the R44 near the Annandale road and were welcomed by this lively faced, inquisitive but not at all fierce ostrich in their petting zoo
The restaurant La Masseria
Jacques Bredell of JP Bredell and Wrensch Louw from RouLou gave
us a tasting of their wines. We bought a little of each. Sadly, We didn’t get
the name of the chap in the middle who also works for RouLou
The buffet in the
restaurant costs R140 a person and there was lots of food.
Including antipasti and
salads
Serenaded by the
professional accordionist with Italian, Spanish and French songs, we sang along.
Informal eating on the
terrace,
there is also room inside when the weather is not so great
Lynne's dish of seafood
linguine
Johns choice was the dish
of three pastas of the day:
Potato and fontina cheese ravioli, gnocci
bolognaise and pesto linguine
The charming owner sings
while his professional accordionist and a very talented amateur play for
us. The song was Volaré which we sing
along to each week at the Biscuit Mill
And mamma joins in
Our bill for two pastas
and two glasses of Kleine Zalze Chenin Blanc
A beautiful "tree of
bottles" sculpture at Chabivin winery
Relaxing on the grass in
front of their tasting room
Hendrik Snyman, the friendly winemaker, giving us a taste of some of his best
Guy Charbaut, champagne vigneron of Reims and Stellenbosch - we tasted his Millesime
Johan Meyer, who is the winemaker at Meerhof in Riebeek West, was showing his own wines and we were very impressed . He has made a perfect
chardonnay – rich full and elegant. Wooded but only showing and supporting the structure of the wine very
subtly. It is not over wooded. We predict
this wine will win prizes, IF he has enough for any competitions.
His Pinot Noir also
impressed us very much – lots of burgundy style fruit with a good liquorice
end, it will be ready to drink in about 3 to five years time and possibly much
longer.
We had to order a case of
each and here is Johan packing and labelling the wines for us. Very much a
hands on wine maker.
We loved the basketwork’
sculpture’ of a champagne cork in the front garden.
On to Post House wines to
talk to Nick Gebers,the owner winemaker, and taste through his wines in his barrel cellar
It was the end of a long
four day festival and we were all very relaxed
The small cellar behind
his house...
... and the stunning view
of the Helderberg hills from the house
Teenage geese
being shepherded through the vineyards by their parents
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus cc, 2012
