2012 - OCEAN PRINCESS - CAPE TOWN WINERIES

A TOUR OF SOME WINERIES

THREE MAYBE - IT'S A BIT FUZZY

THIS IS ONE....VERY NICE.

MUST BE SOME SERIOUS CASH IN THE WINE BUSINESS...

SLAG GATE!!

WHATEVER IS THAT?

THEY WOULD GET PROSECUTED FOR THAT IN THE UK...

THIS TOUR WAS NOT JUST WINERIES. WE STOPPED AT A COUPLE OF LITTLE TOWNS & INSIDE A LITTLE MUSEUM.. AND A BONSAI SHOP...

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS A WET & WINDY DAY, BUT A NICE SENTIMENT ON THE VAN

WE ACTUALLY SKIPPED A SCHEDULED STOP AS IT WAS JUST TOO WET TO GET OUT OF THE VAN...

SO - WE HAD TO SPEND A BIT MORE TIME IN SAMPLING.

AT ONE OF THE TASTINGS WE HAD THREE WINES TO TASTE & COMBINE THEM WITH CHOCOLATE.

TASTE A WHITE WINE - PUT A PIECE OF WHITE CHOCOLATE IN THE MOUTH - ADD WINE.

REPEAT WITH BLUSH WINE & STRAWBERRY CHOCOLATE,

AND ETC.

VERY INTERESTING - TRY IT...

THIS IS THE GROUP, NOT TOO SOZZLED YET.

GOING ROUND THE TABLE TO THE RIGHT.

A LADY FROM CALIFORNIA. SHE IS ABOUT TO SET OUT ON A MASSIVE JOURNEY FROM HERE TO KENYA OR THERE ABOUTS. STAYING IN TENTS. SAFARIS. BY HERSELF - VERY ADVENTUROUS.
SHE TOOK PHOTOS OF ANYTHING. THE INSIDE OF HER GLASS WAS ONE.

NEXT AN ENGLISH COUPLE AND A BRAZILIAN COUPLE - AND ME.

ANOTHER ENGLISH COUPLE ABOUT TO GO TO THE MALDIVES TO GET MARRIED.

I HARDLY DRINK SO I WAS HAVING A SIP TO TASTE & THE GUY WAS GETTING THE BALANCE. PLUS HIS WIFE'S. PLUS HIS OWN.
WE ROLLED HIM OFF THE VAN AT HIS HOTEL.
HOPE HE MADE IT TO THE WEDDING.

AND AN IRISH GIRL WHO AMAZINGLY ENOUGH WAS DOING THE SAME TRIP AS THE CALIFORNIAN BUT ONLY A QUARTER OF THE DISTANCE OR LESS.

A GOOD CROWD.

AND THE DRIVE BACK TO CAPE TOWN WITH SOME UNUSUAL VIEWS OF ABLE MOUNTAIN

THE 'BRIDAL VEIL' FALLS ON THE MOUNTAIN OFTEN AT AROUND THIS TIME OF DAY.

ANYTIME SOON, I SHOULD BE GETTING ON MY BOAT. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME GETTING TO HERE..