Monday, Sept 17th, Wine tasting and lunch at Franschhoek

(Posted on Sept. 26th at Sedgefield) On this day, Vic had arranged for the five of us to have a private wine tasting at a winery called Boekenhoutskloof in the Franschhoek Valley. Vic’s company distributes their wine in the Eastern Cape area so we were well looked after and the wine tasting was conducted by the winemaker himself, Rudiger Gretschel. Coincidentally, one of the red blends that they make is called The Wolftrap, which as you can imagine, is a popular table wine in the Wolff household. A bottle of The Wolftrap retails at about R32, or under $5 to those in the USA. One can easily buy a bottle of wine here to accompany a nice dinner at a price between R50-R100 ($7-$14). We also tasted some of Boekenhoutskloof premium wines, one of which was called “Chocolate Block” which was superb and cost R140 ($20). I bought four bottles, but don’t get excited, they won’t be coming back to the USA!

From Boekenhoutskloof, we drove a short distance round the Franschhoek Valley to have lunch at a restaurant called “La Petite Ferme”, which is situated in a most beautiful spot overlooking the whole valley. The photographs cannot do it justice. (http://www.lapetiteferme.co.za/). We had drinks on the lawn and lunch on the terrace.
After lunch, we stopped on our way home to Somerset West in Stellenbosch at the Lanzerac winery and I bought three bottles of Lanzerac rose, one of Alison’s old favorites from our early days in SA.
Back home to watch more 20/20 cricket and a light supper before bed!