SA experience
By Colin Smith | 11 February 2011
His daughter got engaged at the top of Table Mountain when she was in South Africa on holiday. It seemed fitting to have a South African theme at her wedding in West Sussex last September so as well as using South African flowers in the table arrangements and the bride’s bouquet, all the wines were South African.
Colin says “As the father of the bride I was so proud to walk my daughter down the aisle on her wedding day. After the ceremony everyone was drinking Simonsig’s Kaapse Vonkel 2008. In organising the wines before the event SA Wines Online and Oddbins provided samples. The Simonsig Kaapse Vonkel 2008 was perfect for the event. It’s a wonderful example of a Cap Classique wine and very celebratory in nature but without paying the price of the more traditional Champagne, an important point when you think we easily got through 36 bottles! When asked to write about a wine associated with a special moment for this book it was natural for me to write about the Simonsig from the wedding.”
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