My original intention when visiting the Winelands was to rent bikes and bike to the various different wineries I intended to visit. Alas, this was not to be the case. The clouds that had been threatening my trip all day finally made good as soon as the group I was with had rented our bikes. It began pouring rain as we left for our first winery. Fortunately, we were able to return the bikes and rent a car for the rest of the day. Alas, the time we spent renting bikes riding out, and returning restricted the number of wineries we could visit to two.
None the less we stopped first at Rustenberg winery. It was excellent, hats off to Uncle Kenny. We tried 6 wines, which I won’t pretend to remember. 3 whites and 3 reds. If memory serves the first was a chardonnay. We also tried a Shiraz and a Cab. Finally, I also tried the John X Miriam, which I ended up buying a case of. Absolutely, delicious! Our sommelier also showed us how to properly sniff and try a wine, a lovely experience.
Afterwards, we journey to Speir. We were running extremely short on time and our driver suggested they would be open later. Alas, this was not the case, but they did have a bar open and we tried sampled some wine there. All in all a great day!
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