During a visit to the Garden Route last year to investigate emerging wineries, I was introduced to Ganzekraal, home of The Goose wines - a joint venture incorporating top-golfer Retief Goosen as
Forget the wilted roses and cheesy card. The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, and few are the women who won’t go weak at the knees for an intimate dinner. Leigh Robertson and Andrea
Papsak, box and glass used to be the accepted packaging for wine, but conventional industry standards are now being challenged by the Mondi RAPPET PET wine bottle - made from plastic.
The culinary team at Myoga in Newlands, Cape Town, prepare a food match for the Reyneke Reserve Red 2007 that is positively celestial. Jeanri-Tine van Zyl reports.
Not quite Robbie but “Supreme” nonetheless,
Simon Kemp, executive chef at Cloete’s
restaurant, finds a match for a maiden Blanc
de Blancs. Jeanri-Tine van Zyl has a taste.
Golden leg of duck confit on sweet potato puree, plated on a Merlot and plum reduction daintily garnished with blue borage flowers and thin slices of plum.
Historians might still be disputing the origin of Shiraz, but it has to be Persia reckons Adele Stiehler after enjoying the Zevenwacht Z 2006 with a bowl of rose and saffron-scented
Mast-o Khiar.
East meets west as Cristina Sato of Japanese
restaurant Yamato in Johannesburg comes up
with a tuna tartare to go with the Sumaridge
Chardonnay 2007. Andrea Burgener reports.
Giorgio Nava, owner and executive chef
at 95 Keerom Street, has no trouble
pairing Belfield’s Magnifica Cabernet
Sauvignon 2006 with a dish from his
menu. Joanne Gibson reports.
Revolution
French
When La Madeleine chef Anne Leusch was asked to come up with
a food match for the Dombeya Samara 2005, a Bordeaux-style
blend, she decided to re-invent a classic. Anna Trapido reports.
When asked to
conceive a dish to
go with the unusual
Joostenberg Bakermat
2005, chef Rudi Liebenberg
was forced to think outside
the box. By Adele Stiehler.
The third annual Franschhoek Oesfees (harvest festival) will be held at the Solms-Delta wine estate on Saturday, 27 March 2010 from 11.00 until 21.00. For more. [click here]
During a visit to the Garden Route last year to investigate emerging wineries, I was introduced to Ganzekraal, home of The Goose wines - a joint venture incorporating top-golfer Retief Goosen as namesake and partner.