Gabrielskloof

Here’s somewhere we’ve driven past on many occasions and finally managed to drop in on: Gabrielskloof

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Just outside Bot Rivier on the N2 – beyond the Hermanus turn, but before the over-rated Dassiesfontein – it’s a wine and olive estate, has viewz for dayz and serves up some pretty amazing food, by all accounts.

It was a bit early for lunch,  so I had the food pairing with some of their red wines and Mrs 6000 did the wine and chocolate pairing, R70 & R60 respectively. Both were superb.

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I’ll put the full details of what was what on here once I’m back in Cape Town (taking a photo being easier than documenting the tasting menu any other way).
UPDATE: Here it is

We had a quick look at the restaurant: fairly kid friendly and the food looked fantastic; we’ll give it a go next time.

Moar Wine!

Back out on the Elim Wine Route, and much to report.

Loads of wildlife on the way out there (photos may follow), a great platter at Black Oystercatcher and – best of all – some really, really amazing Cabernet Sauvignon from The Berrio. Their 2009 is fast running out, but might just be the best thing I’ve ever tasted.

I shall miss it when it’s gone.

High on the happy side

A quick quota photo (including an important number) from a boozy afternoon at High Constantia winery yesterday with some great company and some wonderfully friendly and accommodating staff.

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An interesting selection of wines, including a fantastic MCC, a dodgy Shiraz and the ‘Sebastiaan’ – a really, really superb Bordeaux Blend.

Also worth a look, their Terra Madre limited edition, bottle fermented, fizzy cider (as pictured above), full of apples, alcohol and vitamin C.

Working Nine to Five

So sang Dolly Parton, anyway.

I’m not sure that those still count as modern day working hours, but in the absence of any other more recent popular country pop music hit which includes a reasonable update, we’re going to have to assume that they do.

And, given that I placed my wine order with Getwine at 4pm yesterday and that they delivered at 10am today, that means that it took just 2 (two) working hours for my delicious wine to arrive on my doorstep.

Amazingly, that’s not even the fastest delivery I’ve had from them. That stands at an incredible 44 minutes, although to be fair, they were as surprised about that as I was.

If you want to enjoy great wine at decent prices together with that amazing service, simply click here and I’ll send you a referral.

Supplying really good wine at really good prices? What a way to make a livin’.

 

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