Dinners
Join us for one of our fine dining evenings. A perfect way to find out more about a specific wine region or style, or to simply relax over a more leisurely affair absorbing the knowledge of your expert host over several courses of the finest food and wine.
Food will be prepared in-house by our fantastic team, with Head Chef Stewart Turner at the helm; while our range of wine specialists will guide you through the glass in your hand.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
South Africa's wine heritage spans centuries, yet it is only in the past few decades that it has truly begun to produce world-class wines. With an exceptionally conducive climate for quality viticulture, South African wine has the potential to cater to a wide array of tastes, offering classically styled Cabernet Sauvignon blends, sleek yet robust Chenin Blanc, and fragrant Rhône-inspired Syrah.
This special dinner set in our intimate Townhouse dining room will feature several of our favourite producers, including Restless River, Mullineux, Eben Sadie and Klein Constantia, paired with a sumptuous four-course menu devised by our brilliant kitchen team.
Wines to be tasted:
Apéritif: 2018 Champagne Leclerc Briant, Millésime, Extra Brut
2021 Savage, White, Western Cape
2019 The Sadie Family Wines, Skurfberg, Ouwingerdreeks, Swartland
2019 Restless River, Main Road and Dignity Cabernet Sauvignon, Hemel en Aarde
2015 Mvemve Raats, MR de Compostella, Stellenbosch
2022 Damascene, Syrah, Stellenbosch
2021 Mullineux, Iron Syrah, Swartland
2019 Klein Constantia, Vin de Constance, Constantia
Dress code: smart casual
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