Cape Wine is the largest trade wine exhibition in South Africa and it is currently held every three years. It was held on from Tuesday 15th to Thursday 17th at the CTICC and has been very good, very professional with many overseas buyers and media attending as well as local. There have been many social wine events connected to it and we were invited to several
The   entrance   to   Cape Wine Three young winemakers. Meyer Joubert (Joubert Tradauw), Leon Coetzee (The Fledge) and Peter de Wet (Dewetshof) Leon Coetzee with The Fledge Red Blend Tanagra showed a comprehensive range of Eau de Vie in addition to their wines Weltevrede’s new label shows the names of all the workers who have had a hand in making the wine Shown by owner/cellarmaster Philip Jonker An area in the middle of the exhibition made for rest and discussion Etienne Heyns of Graham Beck with a visitor from West Africa The Zoo Biscuits is an innovative collection of young, innovative winemakers who based their display round an old VW microbus camper An innovative spittoon from the Zoo Biscuits Justin van Wyk and Gus Allen of Constantia Glen showing their new releases This was not the price of Richard Kershaw’s wines, it was the stand number On the last afternoon, Lynne was preparing MENU and John visited the exhibition alone. He decided to pay tribute to the women who are such an important component of our wine industry Mariette Kershaw and Jan Sleet Susan McNaughton, cellarmaster and viticulturalist at Graceland Vineyards Trizanne Barnard, owner/winemaker of Trizanne Signature Wines Jane Ferreira Eedes of Vondeling Wines Lizette Steyn-James, General Manager and winemaker at Welgemeend Charlotte  van Kradenburg   with  Rochelle Kotzé,  Marketing Manager at Taste of Terroir Bonita  Malherbe, Marketing Manager at Van Loveren RETURN TO MENU © John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2015 Subscribe to MENU

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