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South African Extra Virgin Olive Oil are world class, like many of our wineswe need to celebrate more of the local greatness Prince Albert "Karoo Blend" Extra Virgin Olive Oil A blends of Frantoio, Cortina, Favolosa, Kalamata & Manzanilla #MC96 #MiguelChan #Sommelier #Africa #OliveOil #SouthAfrica #Johannesburg #Farmall #WineBar #Fourways #Sandton #African #southafricanwine #Sommlife #mauritius #SouthAfrican #hotel #meetsouthafrica #sandtoncentral #Culinary #Wine #KyaSand #CosmoCity #PrinceAlbert #Karoo #Broadacres #healthyfood #PrinceAlbertOlives #WoolworthsFood #HealthyLiving

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Happy International Sommelier Day 2024 to all my Sommelier's friends and followers, the profession have come a long way in the dynamic world of hospitality , especially Post Covid, it will never ever be the same prior to 2020 Our role as somm's is to curate unique wine experience according to our clients needs, expectation and budget working within the parameters expected by our employers in nurturing a profitable beverage program, those still active today should lead the way in terms of solid example and work ethics based on humility and bullet proof integrity, in every single decision of our daily job, Sommelier's are not rockstar, we are wine pourers and yes we have good skills to taste, pretty decent memory to remember detailed information on virtually every aspects of history, sites, souls, grapes, winemaking, barrels, food and wine pairings etc, yes we use social media to showcase our Sommelier lifestyle, but in no way it should be eccentric, humble we should stay forever, we are not above service, we are in this job, besides our passion to learn, to share wine and other beverages and we are fortunate unlike any other job to get to taste some incredible wines from all over the world and meeting the decent ladies and gentleman of the wine industry all over, lest we not forget on this day of celebration we lead the way and encourages the next generation of Sommeliers through education and sharing of experience, title is one thing, but not a prerequisite, wisdom, knowledge and empathy are, we will never ever stop learning, the more we learn the less we know about wines, its reality, let's stay humble and drink a great bottle of South African Chenin Blanc to celebrate our wonderful role as somm's #InternationalSommelierDay #MiguelChan #Sommelier #Africa #WineisLife #SouthAfrica #Johannesburg #Farmall #WineBar #MC #Sandton #African #southafricanwine #Sommlife #mauritius #SouthAfrican #hotel #meetsouthafrica #sandtoncentral #SandtonSun #Wine #SanDeck #African #SouthernSun #Hospitality #Career #Beverage #Winelovers #Winetasting #WineExperience

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Alheit Vineyards Vintage 2023 release tasting My first words to Chris Alheit this morning after the tasting, when he turned around to ask my feedback on his new releases was, RESPECT no other words.A Private tasting this morning at Great Domaines, the room felt like we were in a monastery, around 15 of us from the trade were present and as we went through the 2023's of Hereafter Here, Cartology, Fire by Night, Nautical Dawn, Huilkrans, Magnetic North and Hemelrand Vine Garden, the room was silent in awe of the greatness in our Zalto glasses, revealing some of the finest white wines in the world right now, as Chris took us through his inspiration behind each of them as well as the Vintage challenges, the entire range just get more and more profound every year, we are without a doubt in the realm of South African greatness, dig deep in your pockets and get your hands of those world class winesDetails to follow, MC score as follows: Hereafter Here Western Cape 2023 #MC96 Cartology Western Cape 2023 #MC97Fire by Night Swartland 2023 #MC96+Nautical Dawn Stellenbosch #MC97+Huilkrans Citrusdal Mountain 2023 #MC98Magnetic North Citrusdal Mountain 2023 #MC97 Hemelrand Vine Garden Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge 2023 #MC95+ #MiguelChan #Sommelier #Africa #SouthAfrica #Johannesburg #Farmall #WineBar #Sandton#southafricanwine #SouthAfrican #sandtoncentral #SouthernSun #Wine #SanDeck #SandtonSun #IconicSandton #DrinkChenin #AlheitVineyards #Winelovers #CheninBlanc #ChrisAlheit #WineExperience #GreatDomaines #Hospitality #African #Winetasting #IconicSandton #MeetSouthAfrica #Hotels #Winelist

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