The Vineyard Hotel, as it was in 1968
Celebrate the holiday season and the beautiful summer eveningsby sampling some of South Africa’s top wines in the Vineyard Hotel’s Garden Lounge. With a mix of young, boutique and Fairtrade wines, the hotel invites guests and visitors to join them for a delicious tasting experience. These complimentary tastings take place from 18h00 – 19h00 in The Garden Lounge at the hotel.
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Tastings for the month begin on 7 December with The Stellenbosch Reserve. From their first 2006 vintage, Stellenbosch Ridge, the farm has focused on creating wines that pay homage to the town of Stellenbosch. Since 2009, this wine has only been produced as a Bordeaux blend, then with the production of the 2013 vintage, a white wine was added to the line-up and it became officially known as The Stellenbosch Reserve.
Dewaldt Heyns, Cellarmaster & GM at Saronsberg
On 14 December, guests will enjoy a selection of wines from the cellars of Saronsberg in the beautiful Tulbugh Valley. Here they officially started winemaking in January 2004, with the pressing of their first Sauvignon Blanc grapes. The farm now produces a highly-acclaimed range of red, white and Cap Classique wines, made through incorporating the force-cooling of grapes, intensive hand sorting of all grapes and the use of gravity in the fermenting process.
Emma & Willie Dreyer of Leeuwenkuil
Wines from Leeuwenkuil Family Vineyards will be showcased on 21 December. Passionate about both family and winemaking, owners Willie and Emma Dreyer are hands on farmers, whose family have owned and farmed this land since 1851. Privileged to have vineyard’s that produce large volumes of excellent grapes, they tend not to interfere with their natural growth and work to cultivate the right taste profile, delivering to the market a range of excellent wines.
Corlea Fourie
Bosman Family Vineyards Winemaker
The final tasting lined up for December is on 28th with De Bos Fairtrade Wines. This exciting range of wines is made by Corlea Fourie, winemaker to the eighth generation owners Bosman Family Vineyards. The family has vine nurseries that provide the wine making team with close to 50 grape varieties. De Bos Handpicked Vineyards is a certified premium Fairtrade offering.
A representative from each of the respective estates will host the hour-long tastings from 18h00. Tastings take place on Mondays only and are free of charge.
For more information, please call 021 657 4500
or alternatively visit the Hotel’s website – www.vineyard.co.za.
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