Last week I joined the lovely folks from Durbanville Hills Wines for the kick-off of their 8 week “Taste your way around the world” series.
The series kicked off with France and will now take place every Wednesday evening, focusing on a different country/region/continent each week. The idea for this series was inspired by cellar master Martin Moore’s love for travel. You’ll find him regularly hosting tastings as well as food & wine pairings abroad, and so they figured that it was time to bring some international flavour over to Cape Town as well.
These themed evenings will be led by Martin, red winemaker Wilhelm Coetzee or white winemaker Gunther Kellerman (both avid cooks too) and will concentrate on the unique culture as well as the food and wine from various countries around the world.
Now each week there will be different activities. One week you could find yourself tasting the best New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs, and the next you could be pairing Spanish tapas with the wines from Spain.For our French evening, we were split into teams and given the task of blending our own Bordeaux wine. Things got quite technical with our team playing around with various small blending tweaks to get ours just right… And of course, the competition was fierce… There was a wine prize for the winning team, but bragging rights was the thing I think we all really wanted.
Dinner took place in their beautiful restaurant upstairs. The menu was of course French inspired with a French beef dish as well as a French chicken dish, paired with freshly baked French loaves and some really tasty accompaniments like a hot French mustard the chef specially prepared for us:We drank, we learnt, we ate and we became winemakers. I think that makes for a successful evening… Now, do you wanna join them for the next one? This is what the schedule looks like:
- 23 July: New Zealand
- 30 July: Peru
- 6 August: Spain
- 13 August: Asia
- 20 August: South Africa
- 27 August: Middle East
- 3 September: United States
The arrival time is: 18.30 for 19.00, and the venue is of course Durbanville Hills Wines.
The cost is R280 per person and this includes a welcome drink, dinner, wine tasting, coffee and a sweet treat. Durbanville Hills’ wines is also on sale throughout the evening.
Booking is essential though, so do contact:
- Simone Brown
- 021 558 1300
- sibrown@durbanvillehills.co.za
A big thanks to Durbanville Hills for letting me crash their first one. I had a lot of fun. And I’m going to treasure my bottle of Bordeaux for a special occasion (which back at mine doesn’t really mean much, I might just end up polishing it off while watching the finale of The Bachelor, but that bottle WILL be loved, that’s for sure).
xxx
2 comments
This Looks really cool
My boyfriend and I are visiting Cape Town from September 1st till September 15th so the last dinner would be perfect. Thank’s for the share.
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Awesome! Hope you guys enjoy your time in Cape Town. 🙂