Wine tasting tour

Hi everyone!

Just came back from a wine tasting tour through the Stellenbosch region. Our driver was Niel Oosthuizen from Afrivista - http://www.winelandstours.co.za/- , a very friendly and knowledgeable guide.

We went to 4 wine estates:
Kanonkop:  http://www.kanonkop.co.za/
Muratie: http://www.muratie.co.za/
Solms-Delta: http://www.solms-delta.co.za/ 
Tokara: http://www.tokara.co.za/

At Kanonkop we tried 5 or 6 wines and the staff was very friendly, since it was just about 10:30 in the morning I wondered how I was gonna survive the rest of the day but somehow, it went fine!

At Muratie, we had four types of wine including a "Champagne"-like wine. Luckily enough we tried that Cape Vintage port wine - http://www.muratie.co.za/index.php?id=62 - I had fallen in love with last year, and it was - again - A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! Since they have a wholesaler in Germany, I did not buy a bottle there, I will buy it once I am back home. Hehehe!

View of the vineyards at the Muratie Estate

Lovely patio-like surroundings

Then we went for lunch to Le Pommier - http://www.lepommier.co.za/ - where I had a lovely vegetable lasagne with a lovely red wine and yummy bread. :o)

View from the garden of Le Pommier

Then around 2:30 we went to Solms-Delta for cheese and wine tasting and this is where I ended up buying 6 bottles of wine, of course I am not carrying them with me; they will be shipped to Germany, at a spot price of just above 70 Euros including packet and postage!!!! On top of that you buy 6, you get 1 free!!! Absolutely crazy!!!
Here are the wines I got: Amalie, http://www.solms-delta.co.za/wine-range/solms-delta/, Langarm and Cape Jazz Shiraz, http://www.solms-delta.co.za/wine-range/astor-range/.

View of the mountains at the back of the building

Then to round it up, we ended the tour at Tokara, a wine estate in a stunning location. I tried four different wines there but got to also try a dessert wine which just tasted soooo good that I could not resist buying a bottle of TOKARA Reserve Collection Noble Late Harvest 2011 -
http://www.tokara.co.za/wine/reserve-collection-noble-late-harvest/.

View of the vineyards with Cape Town in the background

Now people, DO not think I am going to organise a wine tasting event at my place!!! But I hope I will have made feel like coming to SA to try it yourself!

Cheers! ;oP