We were very happy to be invited by David Clarke to this tasting of
wines, even though we had to come after John Collins' tasting. There are some
wild cards here, some very interesting and impressive wines and winemakers,
some very new to us, and some we really respect. On the list are Craven; Hogan;
Intellego; JH Meyer - we like and have bought these; Joostenberg, we like and
have sold and do buy these; Julien Schaal; Luddite - know them well and buy the
wine; Mother Rock; Restless River is impressive, an impressive Chardonnay and
other good wines - we have visited and enjoyed; Skinny Legs Wine Co; Spioenkop
Wines we know are good; Testalonga; Thorne and Daughters, another 5 star
Platter; Trizanne Signature wine, we have sold and bought; Van Loggerenberg
Wines and Vuurberg. There are some Zoo Biscuit wild child wines in there and
some from the Swartland. We need to get to know more of them. We only had an
hour to taste and only touched the surface
Anne and Craig Wessels’ Restless River in
Hemel en Aarde is small but is producing very impressive wines. See our Wine of the Week
Alsace vintner Julien Schaal and his Burgundy born winemaker wife Sophie Bollaert with their delicious wines. They were next to Niels Verburg who is
chatting with David Clarke
Fresh from a week of tasting for the
Michelangelo Awards was French sommelier Denis Garret here with David Clarke
Jocelyn Hogan Wilson of Hogan Wines. They have
a good Swartland Chenin Blanc, 2016, concentrated fruit, full and warm on the
palate, with hot berries and yellow fruit
It was a very young crowd at the tasting.
These are the wines that are attracting them
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2017
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