We love finishing the Elgin Cool Wine and other festivals at Paul Wallace Wines
It belongs to our friends Paul and Nicky Wallace
Nicky has recently been ill, so we wanted to see how she and Paul were doing
It is always one of the most popular wine farms to visit
and it was good to see their son Bobby, assistant winemaker at Iona, who was helping out
Lots of folk enjoying the afternoon and sampling the wines on this outdoor stand or inside the tasting room
We had a lovely glass of the Paul Wallace Chardonnay, so ripe and layered in flavour and quality,
and so good to enjoy in the sunshine
and we met new Sea Point friends Amos and Lerato, to whom we had chatted at Iona
Paul was very busy selling cases of his excellent wines
and it was good to see Nicky on the mend. She organised the festival this year and it is a lot of work
They had a good food truck with lots of choices at reasonable prices and Lynne was feeling a bit peckish,
so she had the sliced rump steak roll. Good value and great flavours
Good music too
Black dogs are a Wallace trademark. The Black Dog Malbec was named for Jake, the late Rottweiler
This is Angus the labrador, the new generation and he loves people
Black Dog is a ripe and ready Malbec with dark berry fruit, licorice and good wood
that just amazes each year and improves with age
The Little Flirt Sauvignon Blanc has many of the lovely Elgin characteristics;
fig leaf, freshness, zingy apple and granadilla flavours
We sat on the stoep enjoying the wine and the camaraderie,
after which it was time to head home after a great weekend
Elgin is only one hour from the city and is a wonderful place to take a break and enjoy the wines,
the scenery and the wonderful hospitality
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