Once a year, Wine Concepts asks a group of
Sauvignon producers, white - Sauvignon Blanc and red - Cabernet Sauvignon, to showcase
their wines at this prestigious wine showcase. Your ticket gets you a good wine
glass and you walk around the room tasting to your heart's delight. Very often,
you can chat to the man or woman who made the wine while you taste. And the
Vineyard
Hotel supplies good snacks to help you cope with all the great wines
you are tasting. 42 wine farms were there on Friday. And if you care to eat,
you can book for dinner at the Vineyard and even stay the night, they offer
special rates
Wine Concepts presents other tastings through the
year, so check out their website, get on their mailing list and make sure you
come to the next one http://wineconcepts.co.za There will be a
Champagne event coming up later in the year, and we do mean real French
Champagne, with a few other additions this year
Andrew Gunn of Iona tasting
some Hermanuspietersfontein No.7 poured by Hein de Jager
Iona had two Sauvignons Blanc for
tasting: the iconic 2017, newly released and the Sophie te'Blanche 2017 which
is how their vineyard workers pronounce Sauvignon Blanc!
Jenna Bruwer of Springfield showed
the new 2017 Life from Stone and 2017 Special Cuvée Sauvignon Blancs for
tasting as well as the delicious 2015 Whole Berry Cabernet Sauvignon
Magic broadcaster Guy MacDonald
was enjoying the evening with his friend
Michelle Stewart and Keelyn Gibbons
were presenting Adam Mason's Mulderbosch Sauvignons Blanc
and lots to taste from
Zevenwacht winemaker Charles Lourens
Villiera also had three
Sauvignons Blanc and one Cabernet Sauvignon and their Monro Red
Christiaan Coetzee and Lara Shargey were showing the lovely wines from Uva Mira
Mike Kreft from Belfield in
Elgin with his Magnifica Cabernet 2014 and a new, just bottled but as yet
unlabelled 2017 rosé, made from
Cabernet
Emy Mathews who handles
marketing for Benguela Cove with their winemaker Johan Fourie. They had some
tank samples as well as the 2015 and 2016 Sauvignons Blanc
It is a busy tasting
Jenna Bruwer getting a hug from
Charles Pohl of Rust and Vrede
Success. The orders came
pouring in
Constantia Glen has a superb
2017 Sauvignon Blanc - Lynne's wine of the evening. It is a classic Constantia
Sauvignon Blanc: fig leaves on the nose, a tingle on the tongue and then layers
of European Gooseberries and Elderflower, very satisfying
Paul Kruger and the Villiera team
The empty bottle stack at the
end of a great evening. We tried to taste everything and failed miserably. It
is a very social evening catching up with people in the wine industry, friends
and visitors alike
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2017
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