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| Constantia Fresh for the love of Sauvignon Blanc |
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26 February 2010 |
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27 February 2010 |
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'Constantia Fresh' is one of the first South African wine festivals to feature the Constantia Valley and participating regional and international producers for a two day lifestyle festival celebrating the freshness of the 'wild white' grape, Sauvignon Blanc and its compatibility with food. |
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Constantia, Cape Town |
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These festivities, organised by Jörg Pfützner of Fine Wine Events, aim to manifest in the minds of Sauvignon Blanc drinkers, its food compatibility match as well as uncovering how South Africa truly fairs in the international context of Sauvignon Blanc.
Organiser of the event, top sommelier, Jorg Pfutzner says "It's is important that people realise that there are dimensions to Sauvignon Blanc other than those tinned asparagus, tropical fruit and gooseberry components. It’s actually a noble grape variety and the top Sauvignon Blanc wines of South Africa can measure themselves against the rest of the world. We’ve invited Loire and New Zealand producers to give our guests a chance to see how we fair internationally".
'Constantia Fresh' features a total of four palate-stimulating events taking place on the 26th and 27th February 2010 at the participating Constantia producers namely Constantia Uitsig, Klein Constantia, Groot Constantia, Steenberg, Eagle’s Nest with the last event ending in an afternoon outdoor food and wine exhibition at Buitenverwachting.
Pfützner has extended the invitation to a handful of Loire and New Zealand producers as well as specific top Sauvignon Blanc producers in Elgin, Durbanville, Stellenbosch, Hemel en Aarde, Cederberg, Robertson and the Cape Point to complete the regional and international attraction of the two day festivities in the same vein as the Riesling Festival’s food and wine pairing exhibition which was held in Cape Town in February 2009.
Tickets to ‘Constantia Fresh’ and the individual events can be purchased at the cellar doors of the participating Constantia Valley producers or contact Jörg Pfützner of Fine Wine Events on 072 467 5943 or email him info@riesling.co.za
CONSTANTIA FRESH FESTIVAL 2010 PROGRAM
Buitenverwachting International Sauvignon Blanc tasting
Friday 26th February 2010
14h00 -19h00
Buitenverwachting hosts the International Sauvignon Blanc tasting in their Old Cellar where guests will taste wines from the Loire, alongside New Zealand and the Constantia region with the purpose of establishing stylistic differences, strong and weak points in comparison to other world-class Sauvignon Blancs.
Fine Dining at Constantia Uitsig’s award winning restaurant La Colombe
Friday 26th February 2010
19h30 –00h00
Award-winning La Colombe restaurant is the location for the Fine-Dining event with matured international and Constantia Sauvignon Blanc highlighting Sauvignon Blanc food compatibility. Guests will be welcomed with a glass of Constantia Méthode Cap Classique and an introduction into the freshness of Sauvignon Blanc by Master of Wine Cathy van Zyl and a brief address by Luke Dale-Roberts, executive chef of La Colombe.
Groot Constantia's ‘Green or Fresh’ red wine Tasting
Saturday 27th February 2010
11h00 –13h30
Groot Constantia will host the Red Wine Tasting of which the objective is to showcase the freshness of Constantia Red Wines in an international arena. The tasting will also demonstrate that the wines of this region are fresh and not green. The line up of wines will feature Classic Bordeaux vintages 2001, 2002 and 2004 and local Bordeaux blends. To provide the context there will be a line up of Australian Shiraz, Classic Vintage Bordeaux (2001 & 2003), some Napa Valley fruit-driven wines and Hermitages.
Sauvignon Blanc and food pairing Exhibition on the lawns of Buitenverwachting
Saturday 27th February 2010
15h00 -18h00 with picnic to follow from 18h00 –21h30
Set up on the lawn of Buitenverwachting, the Sauvignon Blanc Exhibition will take the form of food and wine pairing walk around tasting. All exhibiting regions will be paired with the top chefs of Cape Town and other Sauvignon Blanc producing regions so that guests will be able to select and taste the foods of these chefs with the suitable wines.
Once the exhibition has ended guests will be welcomed to a picnic on the lawns for Constantia red wines and live entertainment to end off a glorious weekend.
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Fine Wine Events |
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072 467 5943 |
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info@riesling.co.za
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www.constantiafresh.com |
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