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Ben’s January 2020 Diary
On our way! VinoSA heading back to South Africa. This time with Superstar Chef and pal, Mick Smith of Porthminster Beach Café.
A good way to start a full day of tasting just after you land!
Checking in at Tokara before we cook later in the week.
New winery with (already) old masters. Looking forward to seeing their wines with us in the UK - particular the Cabernet Reserve and Directors White.
Who better to be with at a Chenin beach party than the Chenin King -
Ken Forrester showing off his '05 FMC in a double magnum as well as DLS 2.
Other wines for the future include our old friends Stellenrust, Kaapzicht 1947 and Mont Blois.
First night at the stoves and it’s hot - 45° plus @96wineryroad.
Mick looking very serious - 40 covers and some stunning wine.
07 Reserve Chenin, super secret Cinsault and a Dry Muscat (The Chicken's Foot) which will all be heading our way as well as a few gems plucked from Ken’s cellar!
Hemel-en-Aarde looking a little damp but compared to the fires of last year not unwelcome.
Problems of nature sometimes easier to work with than the problems of men and women.
Cape to Cape dinner underway - a nice line up!
Massive thanks to Newton Johnson for looking after us!
Great night with friends Ricky, Vinny and Luca who will be heading in side soon.
Elsenburg wine school invited us to talk to the future wine makers in the cape and the future!
The students were all looking bright enthusiastic and intelligent and just about to enter their first harvest.
Really hope I will be buying their wines in the future!
A really great tasting with Bertus Basson at Overture along with
James Bassett, Ian Naude, Elsenburg wine master and Ricky. More world class Chenin!
Quick visit with our new VinoSA wine maker, Franco of Lourens Family Wine at Chris Alheit’s wine cellar.
Wine makers Braai at Tesselaarsdal.
The best way to enjoy great company and great wines. Line ups don’t get much better!
Final day and we’re cooking again - just not what we thought after finding
the Tokara garden with chef Carolize.
Rip up the menu and start again! Chef heaven and wines that matched at Tokara.
This trip to the Cape I am with my good friend Mick Smith of the Porthminster Beach Café in St Ives Cornwall.
We caught up Winnie Bowman, Fiona McDonald, Ken Forrester and others at a fab Chenin Party on the beach in Cape Town. It wasn’t all play though, we are on the hunt for some new and exciting wines to add to our list! Next job is cooking 5 courses in 40 degree heat for 45 people!
From Samantha O’Keefe:
To all of our loving and generous friends all over the world,
Having lost everything, no words can ever describe how we feel. However, the reality is that my staff and I made it out of the fire alive and my children and I are healthy and have each other. I am acutely aware of how blessed I am for this.
In these first days and weeks, I have struggled to have any words or an answer to all of your messages of love and concern. The enormity of it all is just too much.
Your generosity and support have been overwhelming at times. It has been so big and loud and strong. I know you all are willing us to rebuild and get on with it. Even when I felt like just falling down and crying, I was held upright by all of the strength you sent my way.
The South African wine industry, along with your support, is making sure a 2020 Lismore harvest is imminent. All of this love will be channelled into the wines I make this year.
I have such a gigantic mountain to climb, but I know that all of you are with me in this.
Thank you.
We wish you all a very happy new year.
Samantha (Keenan & Quinn).
Please read more about the fire here.
We would love it if you could help by donating to this crowd funding page set up to help Sam and her family. Thank you!
Signal Hill, Cape Town January 2019 – the VinoSA journey begins. Our mission is to seek out the finest flavour of the Cape, from the big names to the independent winemakers and bring them to you. Each winemaker has their own interpretation of making wine from different varieties – from some of the best Chenin in the world to lesser known Palomino. From Big Cabernets to delicate Pinots.
Terroir, the sea and these magical personalities make some very special wines. So come taste the Cape with us.
Read more about Joff and I here.
In September, and following on from the spectacular New Wave Wine Tasting in London, 13 winemakers came to Cornwall for The New Wave Cape to Cape event. We had a superb weekend of wine education and fabulous food.
The Porthminster Beach Café hosted a superb dinner with 5 Chefs, 6 courses and 13 wines. The weather was brilliant for the public tasting with a Braii and over 80 wines to taste.
We are already planning next year’s event.
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