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INTERNATIONAL
SAUVIGNON BLANC
BLEND TASTING
Buitenverwachting Old Cellar - Constantia
2 - 6.30pm
(R1500 per person)
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As part of the 2012 Constantia Fresh Festival kick off on the 24th of February, a tasting will be held that will tickle your palate, stimulate your mind and leave you with restored faith in humankind. It's going to be that good. The quality of the wines listed below almost makes any more description of the event seem superfluous.
This year Jörg Pfützner of Fine Wine Events will host a tasting that focuses on Constantia's finest red blends and Shiraz in the company of some excellent and sought after international versions. It is not a competition, it is not attempting to trick anyone into thinking the wines of Constantia are the one's of France or vica versa. The tasting is not trying to shout that the wines of Constantia are the best in the world, rather, that it is amongst the finest in the world that they find their most suitable company.
Wines from Chateau Leoville Barton, Dominus, and J. L. Chave will mingle happily with those from Buitenverwachting, Klein Constantia and Eagles Nest, all showing their varied styles but also their unmissable quality.
This is a tasting that looks to explore the similarities and differences shared by a host of excellent wines. We are confident that it will also affirm the notion we hold after the last two years of Constantia Fresh tastings: the wines of Constantia and the finest in the world make excellent companions.
This tasting is a sort of world stage, where each of the wines will show its own particular style and place, while the overall performance will be deliciously thought provoking.
The wines will be tasted blind in six flights of four, grouped together under the headings old, top, classic, value, elegance, and power. There will be breaks between flights to give everyone's palates a break. Tickets to attend the festival’s opening event are on sale at all participating Constantia producers at R1500 per person. Seats are limited to 40 places. Contact info@finewineevents.co.za
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FINE DINING EXPERIENCE
The Greenhouse Restaurant
Cellars Hohenort
7.30pm
(R1500 per person)
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The Greenhouse of Cellars Hohenort Hotel is the setting for the Fine Dining Event of the Constantia Fresh festival 2012, where Fine Wine Events will put forward local and international wines to highlight their food compatibility with. The evening will begin with a selection of Constantia’s Méthode Cap Classiques, and guests will be given a welcome address by Constantia Fresh organiser, Jörg Pfützner and Peter Tempelhof, Executive chef of The Collection and The Greenhouse. Tempelhof will prepare a five course degustation menu for 13 local and international wines featured at this dinner. Guests can expect to taste wines such as the Steenberg Magna Carta, Domaine de Chevalier Blanc, L’Eglise Clinet, Croix de Labrie, Leoville-Barton Lascombes and Vin de Constance alongside The Greenhouse’s culinary creations for the evening. The Dinner will, like the tasting, show how comfortably Constantia's fine wines sit with the best in the world. Seats at the dinner are limited due to the intimate nature of The Greenhouse restaurant. Tickets which are R1500 per person can be purchased at all participating Constantia producers.Contact info@finewineevents.co.za
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SAUVIGNON BLANC BLEND & FOOD PAIRING EXHIBITION
Buitenverwachting Wine Estate
3 - 8pm
(R400 per person)
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Set on the beautiful lawns of the Buitenverwachting Estate, Fine Wine Events will host the Sauvignon Blanc blend and Food Pairing Exhibition which will take the form of an outdoor walkabout tasting. A selection of the best South African producers have been invited to attend this year’s event where they will exhibit their wines alongside the pre-eminent Peter Tempelhof (The Greenhouse of Cellars-Hohenort), Bertus Basson (Overture), Vanessa Marx (Dear Me), Roland Gorgosilich (Grande Roche’s Bosman’s) and Edgar Osojnik (Buitenverwachting). All participating producers will be paired with these chefs so that guests will be able to select and taste both the wines and the canapés crafted especially for the wines. It is the most relaxed and intimate way to taste South Africa's finest Sauvignon Blancs while also sampling the wares of our world-class chefs. Imported handmade cheeses and artisanal coffees will be available for all festival attendees to enjoy. Live music and entertainment will precede the late afternoon's sumptuous grill accompanied by the red wines of the Constantia region. Tickets are set at R400 per person all inclusive, are limited and can be purchased at all participating wine producers. Contact info@finewineevents.co.za
To view a list of the wines - please click here...
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