Let's Raise A Glass!
Tour Committee member and frequent South Africa visitor Ed Nardell gives some of his recommendations regarding South African wines. Can't wait to try some of these while we are there! Enjoy! On South African Wines It must have been 20 years ago when I first experienced fine South African wines at a restaurant called, Cento, not far from the Jo'burg airport. It was owned by a husband and wife team who had farms outside the city and offered varied cuisine, including mud crabs from Zimbabwe, various game meats - antelope such as springbok - and traditional as well as European fare. As is the custom in many good restaurants, there is no menu. The executive chef (obviously not tied to the kitchen) comes to the table to recite the menu of the day. Once that was done, the wife in this case took us down to the basement wine cellar to choose a wine from thousands of bottles cellared there for years. We chose a cabernet to go with some meat dishes. At that time the restau