A game drive, 2 French men, and wine…
November 14, 2010
Villiera is one of my favourite wine farms in Stellenbosch, not only because they support all Van Pepper Wines‘ event, but also cause they’re a family business run with some French flaire…
Our September Women of Wines events took place at Villiera, hosted by the lovely Celesté van der Merwe, who also organised a special game drive for the ladies.
A game drive in the Winelands. Photo by Theresa Rabe.
The ladies arrived, grabbed a glass of bubbly and off they went on the game drive with proprietor Jeff Grier. Judging by the smiling faces upon their return, the ladies thoroughly enjoyed spending some time in the outdoors with such lovely animals.
Back at the tasting room, we all snuggled up and started tasting some delightful bubblies. Having recently launched the 2005 Monro in a funky new purple packaging, I was quite excited to taste the new MCC… And it didn’t disappoint!
The bubblies were served with some goats’ milk and tomato tartlets, prepared by our culinary genious, Mari de Kock of Delicately Different.
Pascal El Azzi, Villiera’s local French wine ambassador had the ladies hanging from his lips conducting the tasting with a lovely French accent. We also tasted some delish Domaine Grier reds, wines from the Grier family’s vineyard in France. The rest of the evening was spent enjoying the wines, Mari’s chicken pie, and for dessert, chocolate brownies!
The ladies with our other favourite French man, Thibaut.
The Villiera Women of Wines was also Thibaut’s last WOW event, and it was a sad goodbye on the night! Luckily we have Pascal, our other favourite French man, to visit!
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