Visited Cape Town Recently And Tasted Some Of Our Superb Wines? By Geoff Fairman

Aren't you wishing that you could get your hands on that special bottle of wine you tasted on your tour of
the winelands. Of course you are. You wrote down the name of the wine and bought a bottle or two at the
time. Unfortunately the name has slipped your mind and the slip of paper has disappeared or been thrown away.

The agony, as you drag your feet from your local supermarket after searching unsuccessfully through their
shelves of South African wines for that elusive bottle. If only you could remember its name!

Let me try and assist you by taking you back through your tour of the winelands.

You left Cape Town at around 9.00 am and travelled to the outskirts of Stellenbosch where you visited a
wine farm and enjoyed a cellar tour before sitting down to taste the wines on offer. After an hour of fun
chatting and tasting the wines with your fellow tourists your tour continued to Stellenbosch, the second
oldest town in the South Africa.

On arrival in the village you were taken on a short drive through the historic old part of the town before being
given some time to explore. Franschhoek was the next stop on the itinerary and there you visited another state and tasted some of the wines produced in the region. After lunch and a walkabout in the quaint village of Franschhoek the tour headed for Paarl. It was there that the final wine tasting of the day was enjoyed on a farm high up on a hillside with spectacular views over a valley towards Cape Town. The tour ended when you arrived back at your Cape Town hotel.

So what wines did you taste? 

The zesty white Sauvignon Blancs, the full, supple, buttery, fruity Chardonnays or the soft crisp and fruity
Chenin Blancs. Remember the reds that tasted of raspberry, blackberry, smoke, pepper and mixed spices.What were they called? Oh yes, they were the Shiraz or Syrah wines. Then there was that red wine which was produced and released in South Africa in 1961 called Pinotage which had characteristics of raspberry, strawberry, mulberry to name but a few. The last wine you tasted was produced from one of the most well known grapes in the world the Cabernet Sauvignon .It had characteristics of dark chocolate, green peppers, tobacco and olives plus a few more. If only you could get your hands on some of those beautiful very reasonably priced wines now.

Good news is you can if you can remember the name of the estate, the type of wine, and its vintage. To do
so, get yourself a John Platter's South African wine guide available on the internet and use it to identify the
wine you are interested in. Now that you have all the information look for the wine link on the website mentioned below. It's in the top right hand corner.

Happy hunting!

Geoff Fairman is a tour guide in Cape Town. Visit http://www.turtlesa.com for tours in and around Cape
Town.

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