White Stick Sips

tasting one restaurant wine list at a time, blindly
TASTED ON 09.02.2010

Westin Grand Hotel


The Venue

Venue Photos

Venue's Tweets


Modern five-star hotel in Cape Town at the entrance to the famous Victoria & Alfred Waterfront and overlooking the majestic Table Mountain.

Wines Tasted

Wines scored out of 20. Colour:3, Nose:7 and Taste:10
15.13Klein Constantia Sauvignon Blanc '08
15.69Bouchard Finlayson Kaaimansgat Chardonnay '08
16.13Hamilton Russell Chardonnay '08
17.19Kumkani VVS Viognier/Verdehlo/Sauvignon Blanc '05 Best White
15.19Kanonkop Paul Sauer '05
15.06Veenwouden Merlot '05
16.13Thelema The Mint Cabertnet Sauvignon '05
16.75Radford Dale Shiraz '04 Best REd
15.91
Overall Score

The Panel

HarryReginald (15.69), zawino (16.63), ymartiny (16.94), winetimes (16.06), 406 (16.25), Drew Master (14.88), TVdionysus (15.13), StefanLuka (15.69),
Comments

[...] much consideration and contemplation the White Sticks Sips decided to take our blind tasting endevious on a road show. The first shop:  The Westin Grand [...]


[...] panoramic view from the 19th Floor of the Westin Executive Club was the backdrop for the first WhiteStickSips restaurant tasting. The spectacular view entertained our eyes while we sipped on  complementary [...]


[...] account of these absolutely beautiful wines by checking out the rest of the panel’s reviews on WineTimes.  You’ll also get some of the reactions on the Kumkani VVS which was the controversial star [...]


Leave a Reply