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.
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 2013
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.