John Collins' trade wine tasting at Den Anker

Gary Jordan and Louise Genis on the Jordan table take requests and questions

Jeanette Bruwer of Springfield Estate talking to a customer

Taste, swirl, swallow or spit?  Everyone enjoying the atmosphere at Den Anker restaurant in the Waterfront

Discussion about the wine on the Thelema Sutherland table

Some of the canapés on offer:
Bitterballen – mini warm deep fried meat croquettes served with a German style mustard

Salmon tartare on croutons, with topped with mini onion sprouts , needed salt

Duck foie with a shard of caramel on mini toasts – a brilliant match with the sweet wines

Spicy hot curried prawns wrapped in Greek Kataifi pastry and deep fried.  Huge prawns and a serious sizzle.

Jewelled raw tuna marinated in soy and sprinkled with chopped pistachio nuts

The lovely ladies on Kleinood’s stand

Gordon Newton Johnson pours his Resonance Sauvignon/Semillon blend for Louise and Mark Herd

Deon Joubert on the Diemersfontein stand, having a giggle with John

Waffles, syrup and ice cream with strawberries - Belgium is famous for them

Do have a Belgian chocolate or two..

We leave as evening sets in and paying customers take back the restaurant

The waterfront in the evening glow. This is the famous Time Ball, which gave masters of ships in earlier times an accurate check for their chronometers

© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2013