Dear Members,

Just some feedback from the Chenin Blanc presentation for the German journalist Michael Ritter, held at 96 Winery Road.

The attendees and the wines they served (in order) as follows:

Firstly as it was Friday and we arrived as the sun was heading North across the western sky, it seemed appropriate to have a couple of glasses of Villiera Brut Monroe, in fact our journalist had a pint of draft beer (old German tradition?)

Then off we went to the private dining room (red wine cellar) and ordered platters of the best matched starters at 96, Scallops wrapped in pancetta with an orange sauce, camembert parcels, crispy pork belly strips and sweet potato with a spicy blatjang.

In the meantime Erik from “Mooi Bly” in Paarl presented his fresh and fruity Chenin, followed by the Riebeeck Cellars Chenin under Zakkies watchful eye. Then the Raats “original” and a presentation from Bruwer, and the only lady of the evening Marelise from Beaumont (Sebastion she’s much prettier than you was the consensus) then Kanu Chenin and the Petit Chenin followed by Villiera and Kleine Zalze, and finally the Simonsig multi award winning value, superquaffer Chenin and we were only half way!