So last night was my third visit to "The Mercury - Wine Week" held at Sun Coast, Durban. I quite enjoy going to this show, primarily because I can kill several wine tasting birds with one stone. My modus operandi for the evening has been to meet all the usual suspects and hopefully taste some of the unusual ones.
At this years event I especially enjoyed Bolands "Flutterby" range. The wine comes in a 750ml PET bottle and for those of you not familiar with the abriviation "PET", well its plastic. Other ticks in my book were the wines from Sumaridge, the Constantia Glen sauvignon blanc and Anura's fine viognier to mention but a few.
Something that was mentioned in passing and grew on me during the course of the evening was how the "elegance" of the opening night of this event had almost disappeared. In years past the opening and trade evening required fancy attire, which in tern created a sense of grandeur and brought meaning to "SA's Premier Wine Event" as per the logo. Sadly though as the tasting masses grew so to I observed just how "casual" the event had become.
Never the less I enjoyed my hop up the coast. On this occasion I teamed up with a wine novice yet good freind to enjoy some fine wine. Put that sentance into an equation and you equal a great night out.
