Boland Wine Course: Tour With a Difference
Travel Appointment enjoyed the following wine program tremendously:
Attend a wine course program with a difference & stay in one of the marvellous Cape Country Hotels:
The wine course will be informative yet informal and relaxed.
Day 1
Welcoming drinks and briefing at Morgan’s Wines. The detailed wine making and culinary program will be discussed by Lars and Francois.
Enjoy a cheese, cold meats and salad platter while sampling the fruit of the Cape’s vines.
Session One: In the vineyard with a trained Viticulturist.
This session will teach you everything you need to know about vines, grapes, soils and micro-climates.
The evening during dinner you will enjoy Chef Harry's line fish (cob) with dill mash in a white wine sauce and an assortment of seasonal vegetables as well as Harry’s Gourmet Beef Fillet Burger with bacon, unions, cheese, garlic mushrooms, chips and a side salad.
Overnight Stellenbosch
Day 2
Breakfast in hotel
Session Two: In the Cellar with a top wine maker.
The session will be at one of the Estates close to Stellenbosch. The winemaker will lead participants in to the cellar describing the winemaking process and you will also have the unique opportunity to try wine out of the barrel.
Session Three: Learning all about the making and blending of wine.
An award winning wine maker will explain and guide you through the process of how to blend wines and you will be able to blend your own version of a Bordeaux blend.
Session Four: Having fun with food and wine
Lars will explain why certain wines pair well with certain foods and this all is happening while you sample the different wines and the wonderful dishes.
Overnight Stellenbosch
Day 3
Breakfast in hotel.
Day free.
Somerset Mall: Entrance 2 or Tyger Valley: Entrance 8
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