Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Wine Concepts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir on Garden Day at the Vineyard

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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