Wine Tasting & Dinner with Gavin Patterson – Head Wine Maker, Sumaridge Estate South Africa

A Wine Maker Visits... Gavin Patterson, Sumaridge Estate, South Africa

Friday 28th September – Tasting and dinner

Saturday 29th September – Tasting and barbecue lunch

Hosted by: Richard Wheeler & Mark Cronshaw, General Manager Presented by: Gavin Patterson, Head Winemaker, Sumaridge Estate

South Africa continues to be a country of growing popularity amongst wine enthusiasts, and for the first time in 2010 more South African wine was sold in the UK than French. Quite an achievement given that South Africa only really started major export of its wines in the mid 1990s.

Our range of South African wines has always been popular with customers and staff alike and the addition of the Sumaridge Estate to our portfolio in 2011 has resulted in renewed interest for the wines of this beautiful and often forgotten land.

So we were delighted when Gavin Patterson, Sumaridge Estate’s head Wine Maker, offered to travel from Hermanus in South Africa to the UK to join us and present an intimate tasting of the Sumaridge Portfolio.

Gavin Patterson embarked on his viticultural career in his birth country of Zimbabwe at the age of 18.From 1990, and for the next 14 years, he honed his skills as manager, winemaker and then proprietor of Green Valley Vineyards in Odzi, Zimbabwe.

On arriving in South Africa he spent a year at Hamilton Russell Vineyards as Vineyard Manager. He joined Sumaridge in mid 2005 as winemaker and viticulturist, accumulating an impressive number of prestigious local and international awards for the Sumaridge wines. Having been fortunate enough to meet with Gavin on a number of occasions we are sure his infectious enthusiasm for the Sumaridge wines is sure to rub off on all those who attend what is certain to be an interesting and enjoyable evening.

The tasting will include all seven wines from the estate followed by a three course dinner comprised of South African Cuisine served with appropriate wines.

Friday 28th September – Tasting and dinner At The Wine Company | 7.00 for 7.15pm – Carriages at 11:15pm Smart Casual | Ten wine tasting and dinner | £59 per person

Menu – Friday dinner

• Red mullet and sardine with romesco sauce
• South African beef curry with braised rice and fruit
• Fried plantain with vanilla ice-cream

Saturday 29th September – Tasting and barbecue lunch At The Wine Company | 12:00 for 12:15 – Carriages at 3:15pm | Casual Seven wine tasting and lunch | £49 per person

Menu – Saturday barbecue lunch

• Steak, cajun salmon and pork and apple kebabs served with chick pea, chorizo and pepper salad / garden leaf salad / potato, red onion, caper and balsamic salad and home made breads
• Eton Mess

Call 01206 713560 to book your tickets