Woolworths_Taste__January_2019

46 TASTE JAN/FEB 2019

PHOTOGRAPHS

JAN RAS

PRODUCTION

LIESL NICHOLSON

INTERVIEWS

MICHELLE COBURN

TABLE TALK

WEEKEND SPECIAL

THE VENUE:Guga S’Thebe Arts

and Culture Centre, Washington

Street, Langa,Cape Town.

THE HOSTS:TheBlackCellarClub.

Foundedtwoyearsago,BLACC

sees sommeliersandwinestewards

working tobringlocalwines and

spirits to thegreater population

ofAfricanpeople.

THE EVENT:BLACC’s inaugural

premium wine and spiritsfestival,

BLACC Fest X Langa, 10–11

November 2018.

THE FOOD:Streetfood by Langa-

bornchefNtlaloJordanofJordan’s

Way ofCooking, and Stanton

HendricksandRyan Brand

ofBoulevard 82.

THE MUSIC:DJ Fosta,DJ Sebs

andtheAbavukiMarimbaBand.

THE WINE:Top reds, whites
and bubbliesfrom big names
includingJordan andSteenberg,
to newcomers Mosi and Kumusha.
WHAT’SNEXT?Keep an eyeon
@BLACCSAonFacebookfordates
The hotel somm says ... for the Jozifestival in May.
PEARL OLIVER: BLACC chairperson and sommelier at The One & Only

The 2019 wine to watch is rosé all the way. Wine lovers are embracing it and winemakers
have been putting a lot of effort into producing these styles. It’s so versatile, it can take you
right through dinner.

The wine in my glass this summer is Chenin Blanc. The oaked versions are on the rise.
Try the cool-climate Five Generations by Cederberg Wines.

My cocktail of the year stars brandy. I like the KWV 10-year-old served with lime juice,
basil, lemongrass and Fitch & Leedes ginger ale.

Keep an eye on orange wine (white wine made by leaving the juice in contact with the
grape skins and seeds, creating an amber hue). This style should be drunk more in SA
so that more wine drinkers understand it. My favourite is the Intellego Elementis 2017
from the Swartland. @prospearl

“Gin isn’t going away

• there’s nothing
  like a well-made
  G&T. Also fill your
  glass with a Chenin
  Blanc/Roussanne
  blend this summer”


• Nondumiso Pikashe,
  Ses’fikile Wines
  founder

Makers, lovers

and purveyors

of fine wines

and spirits

celebrated the

best at BLACC

Fest X Langa.

Best in glass

So, what should you be drinking in 2019? We joined the Black Cellar Club (BLACC) sommeliers

at their first ever wine and spirits festival, held in Langa, to find out