We decided to spend our
last weekend back in the winelands – this time the Breede River
valley – and join in the 'Hands-on Harvest' celebrations which mark
the start of this year's grape picking.
Started yesterday with
a tasting of sparkling wines at Graham Beck – our current SA
favourite – followed by an excellent lunch at Rooiberg.
Last night there was a
5 course tasting dinner at Jan Harmsgat – the food was quite good,
the wines mediocre, the service slow and disorganised and our host
spent more time talking about himself and his recent divorce than he
did about the wines and then disappeared after introductions and was
never seen again (he may feature in a later blog item!)
This morning we are off
to Arendsig for a 'canape' tour of the winery followed by a light
lunch and accompanying wines alongside the river.
Decided this would suit
us better than actually picking grapes and getting into the vat for
bit of stomping!
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