Mussels show their muscles

SA wine played better than the Springboks on Saturday at the annual Ultra Liquors Mussels exercise at Den Anker on the Cape Town Waterfront. While the bokke played second krismiswurm to the Kiwis, SA mussels were as succulent as any green lipped mollusk while the Sauvignons Blanc from Elgin and Constantia were easily in the class of Cloudy Bay. At the Waterfront the clouds decorated Table Mountain and the sun shone brightly the whole day.

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200-plus punters voted their favourite Top Ten wines as

Almenkerk Sauvignon Blanc 2014

Buitenverwachting Sauvignon Blanc 2015

Cape Point Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc 2014

Constantia Uitsig Sauvignon Blanc 2014

Iona Chardonnay 2014

Luddite Shiraz 2009

Paul Cluver Gewürtraminer 2014

Shannon Sauvignon Blanc 2009

Shannon Rockview Ridge Pinot Noir 201​3

​Steenberg 1682 Chardonnay MCC 

and it was sailor’s keps off to event managers Luke Krone and Kalinka Lombard for organizing the slickest event on the calender.