Cape Town Wine » Atrium restaurant http://capetownwineblog.com A blog about South African wine news, awards & events Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:00:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Two South African wines included on the Atrium’s tasting menu http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/01/two-south-african-wines-included-on-the-atriums-tasting-menu/ http://capetownwineblog.com/2010/01/two-south-african-wines-included-on-the-atriums-tasting-menu/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:59:38 +0000 Glenda http://capetownwineblog.com/?p=1490 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Multiple award winning Edinburgh restaurant, Atrium is owned by Andrew and Lisa Radford and the head chef is Neil Forbes.  Recently, on a six course tasting menu two South African wines were included, which is fantastic recognition for the wine farms considering the huge choice of wines that Neil would have had.

6th January 2010

(4th Item on the menu)

Breast of Gressingham duck, fondant potato, roast butternut squash, thyme jus.

Hawequas, Mont du Toit 2006, Paarl

(6th Item on the menu)

Dark chocolate pithivier, coffee bean custard.

Noble Late Harvest, Kia-ors, Kanu, 2004, Stellenbosch

Mont du Toit is owned by Stephan du Toit, a Johannesburg based advocate and is in the Wellington ward of the Paarl wine district. Sadly, the 

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Hawequas is for export only, which precludes us wine locals from enjoying it. It is a cabernet sauvignon blended with 5 other varieties in the 2006 wine.

Kia-ora, Noble Late Harvest 2004 is an outstanding, botrysised desert wine made from chenin blanc. The winery is the acclaimed Kanu in Stellenbosch.

 

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