Even Roland’s famous and original “Chilli Crabs” are finding that being spread lazily beside a glass of Steenberg’s Sauvignon Blanc or Muratie Estate’s Chardonnay is about as close to eternal summer bliss as the ideal taste experience can get.
Day 2 and 3 followed much the same pattern. The people were beautiful, impressed, complimentary and warm (as only the Asian population can be). Their knowledge base was impressive, their tasting palettes acquired, experienced and refined.
Day 1… the air-conditioning renders the sizzling atmosphere a ‘cool place’ to be in Singapore.
11am. The buyers and traders from all over Asia stream in and almost all of them linger at our Singapore/South African stand. Our wines flow. The chilled 2009 Steenberg Sauvignon Blanc (2009 at S$48 and Joostenberg Fairhead at S$48 are an instant talking point among the refined connoisseurs and wine loving public). Our wooded Chardonnay (Isabella from estate Muratie) is favourably compared with the very finest the ‘old world’ has to offer.
