Wines & Messing

LET THE FUN BE GIN!

MCC hosted a mini Gin Fest this dry season in the tropics, firstly an evening of Gin tasting with Master Gin Distiller Roger Jorgensen for Africa's first Gin, Procera....

Master Distiller for Procera - Africa’s first Gin - Roger Jorgensen is pictured here demonstrating how to pour a perfect Procera Gin during a Gin Tasting evening hosted by MCC. …And then Members enjoyed a Malfy Gin tasting evening hosted by PRK Gin Ambassador – Felicity White. Members had the opportunity to sample different flavours of the newly introduced Italian Gin including, Malfy Con Limone, Malfy Rosa and Malfy Originale. PRK Gin Ambassador Felicity White is pictured here (front third from left) with MCC Members enjoying a selection from the newly introduced Malfy Gin range.

And this is only the beginning, the spirit is out of the Djinn bottle –Don’t miss World Gin Day on 11 June on the Centenary Lawn from 3.30pm.

World Malbec Day Master Class from the Celebrated Trapiché Vineyards of Argentina

22 APRIL AT PINKS FROM 6.30PM

Malbec is a full-bodied and acidic, deep purple-red wine with juicy fruit flavours like plum, black cherry and raspberry.

Flavours in Malbec by Climate

To celebrate World Malbec Day Wine Maker Sergio Casé, will host a Master Class where Members will be able to sample a selection of Malbec wines from the Trapiché Vineyards of Argentina. Malbec is originally from the south-west of France, where it became common as a blending grape in Bordeaux wines. But due to the grapes’ poor resistance to weather and pests, it never surfaced as a top French variety. Instead, it found a new home in Mendoza, Argentina where a nostalgic French botanist planted it in 1868.

Today, Argentina leads production of the grape with over 70 per cent of all the acres of Malbec in the world and Argentina has reinvigorated Malbec as one of the top 18 noble grapes. Now it grows in seven countries and continues to grow in popularity.

Don’t miss this delicious walk through the history and production of Argentinian Malbec wines with Wine Master Sergio Casé.