Nederburg Wines

Nederburg has entered into an exclusive arrangement with renowned specialist Katinka van Niekerk, adviser to many of South Africas most celebrated chefs, to present the Incredible Journey of Tastes to visitors to the Nederburg winery. The relaxed and very informal presentation, which takes the form of a three-course lunch, turns standard wining and dining conventions upside down. Van Niekerk uses a simple but effective technique of show-and-taste in matching a line-up of six wines with a selection of dishes. Participants decide on the spot what works, what does not and why, in a fascinating deconstruction of flavours. The purpose is to gain first-hand experience of how best to partner wines with food by matching flavours, body and texture, and by using the five taste sensations as a guide. These are sweet, sour, salt and bitter, as well as umami, the Japanese term that literally means the essence of deliciousness and is used to describe flavours with a heightened tastiness or savoury quality, such as soy sauce and some other seasonings, particular cheeses like Parmesan, fresh tomato juice, tuna, nori (seaweed), biltong and some mushrooms.We have tried to knock the stuffiness out of wine and wine and food pairing and show that to enjoy both to maximum effect, you don!t have to necessarily follow hoary old rules like white wine with white meat. The idea is to achieve an ideal balance between the wine and food. You discover how by relying on your instinct and your own sense of judgement, you can devise creative combinations that work, she says. Once you start approaching wine and food in this way, you start asking all sorts of questions you may not have considered beforehand, like does the level of salt in the dish impact on the wine and in what way?Understanding umami, for example, offers a whole range of new insights. Big, rich red wines made from fully ripened grapes or creamy-textured Chardonnays aged on their lees have high umami levels and clash with foods that have similarly high umami levels, like well aged beef or well-ripened tomatoes. Offered daily, the presentations, which change regularly to incorporate new foods and wines, are designed for people who love to entertain or eat out.

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Address

Sonstraal RoadPaarl7646, Western Cape, South Africa

Telephone

021 862 3104

Website

www.nederburg.co.za