We started our visit to the Wellington Wine Festival
with an unofficial visit to Roger and Dawn Jørgensen’s distillery
Roger shows us
the large range of spirits he makes, which includes absinthe, gin, whisky, vodka
and some other more interesting distilled spirits like Aquavit
They are all
showcased at his ‘cellar’ at Versailles Farm in Regent Street, Wellington, where he distills them. The tasting room
is in their large, wonderful, old and spacious house just off Wellington’s Main
Street
Roger took us through to the stoep, where he entertained us with delicious coffee and chocolate torte - and a little taste of
Primitiv Cask
Aged Aquavit. Absolutely delicious to drink, but also very
necessary if you are making salmon gravadlax.
Roger told Lynne he makes gravadlax using Yellowtail, something she will
definitely be trying soon. All our Norwegian and Swedish swallow friends will
be delighted to discover this and we hope they visit the Jørgensens on their
next visit, to taste and buy
Roger
explained his distilling process to our good friend Peter Kampmeinert, who is
visiting from Holland
Peter with one
of Roger’s rescued ancient copper pot stills. We also covet them, but you need
a serious liquor licence to own one and use it
The courtyard
entrance to Jørgensens reminds us a little of a Moroccan courtyard
The view from
their front porch is totally South African and it is hard to believe that the
Main Street is one road away on the other side of the building.
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