Flagship Wines -Blends Tasting, South Africa vs The World @ Faculty Club, UofT
Joint Event with Toronto Vintners Club
Annual Gourmet Dinner @ Mideastro Restaurant, Yorkville
Lammershoek VericalTasting @ TBD
Welcome
Welcome to The South African Wine Society (SAWS)
The South African Wine
Society, now in its 20th year, is a non-profit wine tasting
club focused on promoting knowledge about and access to
South African wines in Canada. This is achieved by hosting
informative wine tastings, relaxed social; dinners and
providing members with an opportunity to savour wines
which are readily available, as well as vintage collections
from our carefully stocked cellar.
Why not join the Society and embark on a journey discovering
the wines and foods of remarkable South Africa and
its leading wine producing regions?
Learn about our Wine Cellar – a hidden member benefit.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, January 17
Flagship Blends - South Africa vs The World @ Faculty Club, U of T
Joint Event with the Toronto Vintners Club
Reception 6:30pm
Jointly with the Toronto Vintners Club, SAWS has assembled a tasting event that is sure to be the talk of the town amongst oenophiles.
Each club has put forward four wines that are amongst the best that our wine world has to offer (i.e. the LCBO). These are high-scoring wines, often beyond the daily drinking budget of many of us. At this event, you will have the opportunity to taste, compare, and enjoy.
Joining us to offer his comments is well known wine writer and TV/radio personality "The Wine Doctor", Edward Finstein.
A tasting plate will accompany the wines.
When: Tuesday, Jan 17 @ 6:30 pm.
Where: University of Toronto Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1C7
The Spadina streetcar stops at the corner of Willcocks and Spadina. Paid parking is available on the streets or at the rear of Connaught Labs to the west, or in the underground parking garage of The Bahen Building, entrance located on Huron St., just north of College St.
Price: $75.00 members. Guests $85.00
Closing date: Your booking or cancellation must be received by Friday, January 13. Your booking or cancellation will be acknowledged.
Your cheque payable to South African Wine Society or Visa credit card information will reserve your place at the dinner. If we have your credit card information on file, you may book by e-mail (without the form) to sawsinfo@rogers.com
* Visa charges will appear as Pushka Holdings.
To find more information about the event, including registration, follow this link.
See you there.
What the South African Wine Society Offers
We hold 8 to 10 events per year made up of wine tastings and dinner with wine matching.Recent events:
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TASTINGS
- Differences between South African and Canadian Wines
- Monday with Meerlus
- Wine and Art
- Steenberg Vineyards
- Lanzerac vertical tasting
- Port, Cheese & Chocolate including truffles & chocolate- dipped strawberries
- Hidden Gems of the Cape
- Take the Mystery out of Wine and Food Pairings
- Humber College Gourmet Dinner (Joint event with the Body and Soul of Portugal Wine Society)
- Lammershoek Dinner
- Christmas Dinner
- Braii - Annual BBQ
DINNERS
Event Info:
- Events are located in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Excluding our annual Braii, events occur on weekdays, from 6:30 p m to 8:30 pm.
- Features eight South African wines.
- Is accompanied by dinner and/or appetizers
- Allows you to try South African wines that are often not available at the provincially run liquor control board (LCBO).
- Is led by an industry expert - a winemaker, a wine writer or other professional.
- Is cost-friendly. As a non-profit organization, our aim is to allow you to try an extensive variety of high-quality wines at a reasonable price.
Special Wine Events:
- Each year we offer two of special events.
- In February, we have the Gourmet Dinner Event on the evening of Ontario's Family Day holiday..
- In June, we spend a lovely afternoon at Mario's farm just 45 minutes outside Toronto. This event exposes you to a traditional African Braii (BBQ) which includes Lamb on the spit, Chicken kebabs, boerewors (sausage), Stywe pap (if you haven't tried it, now is the time!), biltong (a dried meat like jerky), and traditional South African milk tart.
To find out more information on our events you can contact us by email at: SAWSinfo@rogers.com
If you want information on becoming a member visit our Membership page or you can email
our membership coordinator at SAWS-membership@rogers.com.
