Had a retrospective tasting of Kaapse Vonkel with Johan and Francois Malan at Simonsig and lunch in their lovely Cuvee Restaurant, created for them by Neil Stemmet. Delicious little forkfuls of figs stuffed with Gorgonzola and wrapped in prosciutto  were served as pre lunch appetizers - couldn’t get my mind round the poached oysters in white chocolate, so I left them for others. We had the Simonsig Kaapse Vonkel Brut Rosé outside under the trees in the warm Autumn sunshine. Kaapse Vonkel was first made 39 years ago by pioneering wine maker Frans Malan and the first traditional method sparkling wine with a second fermentation in the bottle