Weekend Wines

Friday 15 May
with penne, cherry tomato & basil sauce with crispy grilled aubergine slices and mixed salad 
2018 Casa Vinicola The Wine Society's Montepulciano d'Abruzzo (Italy, Abruzzio)
bought from TWS.

Saturday 16 May
with Waitrose southern fried chicken goujons, boiled potatoes and home made spicy baked beans
2016 Del Gatto Estates Pinotage Odyssey (Canada, Ontario, Prince Edward County VQA)
Bought from winery


Sunday 17 May
Aperitif
N.V. Pongrácz Methode Cap Classique Cuvée Brut (South Africa, Western Cape)
Bought from Amazon.

with roast beef, roast parsnip and potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding, steamed cauliflower, carrots, & brocolli, and gravy
2013 Ernie Els Proprietor's Blend (South Africa,  Stellenbosch)
Bought from winery.

We have TWS Montepulciano every time we have pasta, which is most weeks.

Pongracz comes in a lovely shaped bottle that won’t fit in racks or stack on its side. In the Cape we buy half-bottles for aperitifs from the winery. Unfortunately this year the winery restaurant was closed and will reopen as a pizza and Italian, something which there is no lack of in the Cape. Shame, we enjoyed going there. Every table is set with Champagne glasses because the wine list has about 15 sparkling wines and only one token still red and white wine from another winery. Luckily we can get bottles here from Amazon.

Another disappointment this year was the Ernie Els winery was still closed, sadly they are changing the tasting room and installing a new gourmet restaurant with a ‘name’ chef. The 2013 Proprietors Blend blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Shiraz, 5% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Malbec, 5% Petit Verdot