Fork's Joubert-Tradauw food and wine pairing

The Menu: 
Amuse bouche: Vietnamese chicken broth with glass noodles, mint basil and chilli
Joubert-Tradauw Chardonnay 2010/Poached sole with prawn mousse and bisque cream

Joubert-Tradauw Chardonnay 2008/Grilled tiger prawn wrapped in pancetta

Red wine granita

Joubert-Tradauw Bordeaux Blend 2006/Mini kudu filet with chocolate sauce

Joubert-Tradauw Bordeaux Blend 2008/Cep mushroom and truffle risotto

Joubert-Tradauw Syrah 2006/Beef fillet on crouton and mushrooms with red wine sauce

Joubert-Tradauw Syrah 2008/Pan seared ostrich fillet with a sweet and sour chutney and rosemary honey dressing

Flourless chocolate cake

Tokara lunch

After visiting Rickety Bridge, Mont Rochelle and Grande Provence,

we had a superb lunch at Tokara - Richard Carstens' amazing food paired with Miles Mossop's Tokara wines. Jaap-Henk Koelewijn, sommelier made the excellent wine suggestions

baked Alaska rainbow trout with meringue baked on top, smoked salmon ice cream, citrus salsa, salmon caviar, ginger soya & mirin sauce – paired with Miles Mossop Saskia 09

Chicken, crisp pancetta, prawn, 62°C egg, almond & sofrito - with Tokara Director's Reserve White

Kabeljou, pan seared and finished in the oven with chlorophyll potato crème, sauce bouillabaisse and al dente seasonal vegetables - paired with Zondernaam Chardonnay 2010

Pork belly, celeriac purée, coffee yuzu gastrique,  hazelnuts, mint  & white chocolate oil - paired with Tokara Reserve Stellenbosch Chardonnay 2009

Lemon, mascarpone mousse, white chocolate sorbet, meringue & almond financier

Hazelnut ice cream, pistachio sponge, aerated chocolate, coulant, streusel & honeycomb

After settling our bill, we had a chat with Miles Mossop in the tasting room

Natural beauty and wine farms, Franschhoek

After Bastille, we took some time to relax in comfort at Basse Provence and enjoy the scenery

and visit a few wine producers, starting with Boekenhoutskloof

where Innocent Mpahleni looked after us

and we had a chat with Marc Kent

Then a visit to Holden Manz (formerly Klein Genot)

where Hanri Marais and her colleague, "the back room girls"

and Guy Kidian 

looked after us and introduced us to Gerard ("Big G") and Migo, the owners

Then a spot of lunch at the Salmon Bar

after which we visited Jean-Philippe Colmant at MCC producer, Colmant, who gave us a very generous amount of his time and delicious tastes of his wine