There was such energy and
professionalism at Cape Wine this year and. amongst a lot of serious marketing
and promotion, there was also some fun. We loved the approach made by the Bot
River area calling themselves the Botriviera! Here is Sebastian Beaumont of
Beaumont Wines with his excellent Hope Marguerite Chenin Blanc
Megan Parnell of Domaine des
Dieux was showing the first bubbly nearest the entrance and she appeared to do a roaring
trade; certainly lots of people were tasting and talking to them about these
good MCCs from the Hemel and Aarde
Ina Smith of the Chenin Blanc
Association with a great line up
Hannes Meyer with the lovely
Lomond wines from down near the southernmost tip of Africa
Sharon Parnell and Peter Clark
of Domaine des Dieux. We saw them working hard on the stand for much of the
show as well
Franco Lourens of Lourens
Family Vineyards. He also works with Chris Alheit at Alheit Vineyards. Their
name for the shared stand was The Whole Bunch. It was important for many of the
smaller producers to share the expense of the stands to get themselves known
and their wines tasted. If only there were government support for the wine
industry to support this sort of thing. Our wine industry is a big contributor
to the fiscus and is given very little support by government, national, provincial
or local, unlike other sectors like mining and SOEs
Marc Kent of Boekenhoutskloof
with a customer
Mary-Lou Nash of Black Pearl
Vineyards enjoying a tasting
Johann de Wet, Francois
Rautenbach, Nicole Kuhnert and Bennie Stipp on the De Wetshof stand
Guy Webber on the Neethlingshof
stand with customers
Dave Swingler, always happy
tasting wine
Zelda Furstenburg at a seminar
Janine Petersen of J9 Wines
with Michael Kern of the 3seven1 Group
Jane Abasalia and Liza van
Deventer on the Holden Manz stand, promoting Pinotage
Francois van Zyl of Laibach with his Ladybirds
Graham Blackshaw with Jeff
Grier and, in the background,
Arco Laarman on his stand, shared with Kruger wines
Arco Laarman on his stand, shared with Kruger wines
Charles Withington of The Darling
Wine Shop
with Zia du Toit and winemaker Wynand Grobler of Lanzerac
with Zia du Toit and winemaker Wynand Grobler of Lanzerac
Takuan von Arnim on the Haute Cabrière,
Pierre Jourdan stand
Duncan Savage - different
styles for different days
Trizanne Barnard with her Trizanne Signature Wines
Winemakers can add their beauty to their bottles
Winemakers can add their beauty to their bottles
Spier cellarmaster Frans Smit
Tebogo Makama with Tinashe
Nyamudoka and Valencia Mosiea of One&Only Cape Town
Tinashe's Kumusha wine which was our Wine of the Week last week
Hildegard Witbooi, viticulturist
at Springfontein Wines was there with her husband,
Tariro Masayiti, Springfontein's cellarmaster and General manager
Tariro Masayiti, Springfontein's cellarmaster and General manager
Richard Kershaw with a Chinese
customer who is also an admirer
IWSC Gold for Holden Manz
New release from Charles Fox:
Reserve Brut made from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier
Eben Sadie with Swedish
sommelier Daniella Lundh Egenäs
Andre Morgenthal who runs the
Old Vines Project, with some of the wines produced from old vines
Samantha O'Keefe, Lismore owner
winemaker with Liesl Cluver Rust of Paul Cluver
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2018
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