An enjoyable wine filled Saturday
We were invited to last Saturday’s Perdeberg
Festival and then to Vondeling for their annual 3 hour wine sale, so we decided
to combine these as they are just a few kilometres apart. We set off at 10am on
a really lovely day
On arrival at Vondeling we
could see they had been busy
Lynne chatting to Matthew
Copeland, their talented winemaker
Matthew at the tasting table
looking doubtful about this photo! We tasted some lovely wines and then bought
five cases to see us through the summer. They had some older vintages of their
excellent Babiana Chenin-based white blend and a selection of their other wines
including an excellent, unlabelled white blend of Chenin, Chardonnay and
Grenache blanc
At 12, we were invited to the farm's chapel, where we stood for a short silence in respect for the victims of the farm
murders that have been happening; the local vicar said a short prayer
Then off down the road to
Perdeberg cellars for their annual Wine Festival
Entry at the gate
Lots of food vans. It was now
about 1pm, so John stood in this queue and had a good hamburger. Lynne bought
some fish and chips, which was rather disappointing, for R60. A piece of deep
fried I&J battered hake with a few potato crisps.. She finished John's (rather
too slap) chips
Seats outside with any shade
were hard to find, so we came upstairs where they had tables with staff offering tastings of the
wines
One of the winemakers pouring
some of their lovely red wines. Marketing manager Johan van Dyk was everywhere that
day, overseeing a very successful festival. We learned that the Pinotage and
Biltong Festival - usually held after harvest may be held next year at
Perdeberg
Lots of marquees and umbrellas,
but they did need a few more as it was becoming very hot indeed. Before we left,
we bought some more wine for our summer entertaining. The prices were very good
indeed, they had discounted them for the festival. We just had to buy some of
the award winning Dry Land Sauvignon Blanc, a case of the wooded and one of the
unwooded. We also bought a case of their excellent Rooted Chardonnay
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2017
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