The Kanu wine tasting was a great success.
The event was held at the Five Flies. We were able to enjoy the Giselle MCC (Viognier/Malbec) and canapes in the lounge on arrival and moved in to the Van Riebeeks room for the wine tasting.
Johan Grimbeek from Kanu winery took us through his wine. We started with the Giselle MCC, tried five different white wines, three reds and the dessert wine (Kia-Ora). They were all fantastic. My favourite was definitely the Kanu Chenin Blanc.
During the evening, we got to learn the difference between a Syrah and a Shiraz. We also tried two wines of Johans under the label Aeternitas. One was the Syrah 2007 and the other was the Chenin Blanc 2009.
We had two canapes to try with two different wines. This was done to show how the wines match food differently. We had duck spring rolls with the Chenin Blancs and the dessert wine with the poached pear canape.
Everyone enjoyed being able to ask Johan questions and we all learnt something from the evening.
The feedback was positive so I will now hold a winemaker evening every fourth month.
Thanks to Johan for taking us through his wine and thank you to all that attended. I look forward to seeing you at the next event!!!
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