What else can you do on a relaxed early summer Sunday
but go to the Vineyard Hotel for the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir Festival
held in their beautiful garden by Mike Bampfield-Duggan of Wine Concepts with his selection of superb wines?
Well, "stay in bed with a cold", said Lynne, so that she wouldn't infect anyone
So John went on his own
Good to see the previous General Manager of the Vineyard, Roy Davies, revisiting his old workplace
The tables were arranged round the perimeter of the top lawn
Douglas Swanson showed the De Grendel Proposal Hill MCC
as well as the Op Die Berg Pinot and Chardonnay
Margaux Nel Coetzee showed The Fledge wines and Arco Laarman showed his own
Greg and Marcha Cook with Jordan Unoaked, Barrel Fermented and Nine Yards Chardonnays
Three Chardonnays from Journey's End
John Collins and Johan Kruger with Johan's Chardonnays and Pinots
The joy of early summer
Desmond Binneman tells the story of the first Pinot Noir in South Africa, planted at Muratie in the 1920s
Muratie Pinot noir was crossed with Cinsault by Professor Perold when he developed the Pinotage cross
Dave Swingler takes another look at Bouchard Finlayson
A continuous supply of well-matched canapés was brought by cheerful Vineyard staff
Chloe Nimmo showed Steenberg's Cape Classiques and Chardonnay
Sue and Neil Proudfoot of Wine Concepts in Kloof Street
enjoying Paul Cluver Chardonnays and Pinots with Liesel Cluver Rust
Anne Gleeson and Renee Bampfield Duggan enjoying the wines, the gardens and the sunshine
and the food kept coming
Oh, how Lynne wishes one of these Hoisin Duck Baos had been brought home to help nurse her cold
Brothers Bobby and Mark Wallace with the Paul Wallace wines
Nico Breytenbach showing the Mooiplaas Chardonnay from Stellenbosch
Sales and Marketing Manager Lourenza Terblanche with Mont Rochelle Chardonnays from Franschhoek
Chardonnay can handle mild spices very well
Dan Perrins of Siris Vintners showed the Newton Johnson wines from Hemel en Aarde
Fabio Turilli and Sarah Shamley with Oak Valley's wines
Ewen Wilson and his son Lawrence with their Lothian wines from Elgin
As the shadows started to lengthen, it was time to relax on the lawn with a favourite
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