When
we had our wine and food shop, Main Ingredient at the bottom of Kloof Road, we
often had the chef and the sommeliers from Ellerman House visit us. We were
invited to come and see the fantastic wine cellar but somehow never managed to
get there. Finally, last Monday, we could see it when we attended Constantia's
trade wine tasting there. What a splendid place for a wine tasting and what
great wines they produce in the valley and on the hills of Constantia. Ellerman
House is a ultra luxury boutique Hotel on Kloof Road in Bantry Bay.
Different Constantia wineries dotted around the
room, plenty of good tasting glasses and some cheese and charcuterie to take
the edge off hunger.
All local cheeses
Some new to us, some not
Smoked ham, salami, and an assortment of bread and
crackers
Soft cheeses (could have been a little riper)
Different hams and salami
olives, pickles, relishes, chutneys, figs
Discussing wine while tasting with Alan Wickstrom of Klein Constantia. It's one of
our favourite things to do
Lovely ladies on the Steenberg table
Gavin Withers having a rest from wine in the small
lounge. A good place to decide what wine you fancy having for supper that
night
We suspect a wine deal was being struck here
Stuart Botha from Eagle's Nest showing his wines
and Restaurateur Neil Grant of Burrata, Open Door and Bocca restaurants tasting wine with the Johann
Olivier of Beau Constantia. There were two mystery wines we had to identify as
well as several older Constantia wines to taste
A host of awards on this 2013 Groot Constantia Chardonnay
Wines fill both sides and the helix has seven
whorls
