{"id":18904,"date":"2024-09-06T13:42:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T17:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aleta.life\/?p=18904"},"modified":"2024-09-08T05:21:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T09:21:15","slug":"beating-about-the-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleta.life\/index.php\/2024\/09\/06\/beating-about-the-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Beating About the Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"
Position: 33\u00b019’34.1″S 25\u00b032’41.2″E<\/a><\/h6>\n

Between muggings, flat tyres, wine tasting, and elephants it\u2019s been a heckuva week. Telling the entire story would take days, so instead here are a few highlights.<\/p>\n

Stellenbosch<\/h6>\n

By the time we paid our gas pump attendant to change our flat tyre, drove out to the airport, swapped cars and were back on the road, we only had time for one winery visit. Boohoo! Poor us. We chose wisely. Jordan<\/a> \u2013 no relation to the Jordan winery<\/a> in Sonoma County California \u2013 makes an excellent chardonnay and a finely blended red. Given the hour, we sat down for a tray of cheeses and meats and enjoyed a taste of four wines each. With our limited budget, we might have bought a couple of cases \u2013 so ferocious is the competition in the area. But we settled on a Nine Yards Chardonnay 2022<\/a> and a Cobblers Hill 2021<\/a>. The Cobblers, we were promised by our young and very handsome guide, would lay down and continue improving for the next five years. Both bottles were gone by the end of the week.<\/p>\n

Having booked a room at the Remhoogte Wine Estate<\/a>, we had every intention of sampling their wares, too. The tasting room had closed by the time we arrived. Boohoo! Three dogs greeted us for an evening amble through the vineyards and raised our spirits. Nothing like a bit of doggo energy as compensation for almost anything.<\/p>\n

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