Annual Gourmet Dinner @ Mideastro Restaurant, Yorkville
Lammershoek Vertical Tasting @ Toronto Lawn & Tennis Club
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
Monday February 20
Winter Gourmet Dinner @ Mideastro
Reception 6:30pm
Dinner 7:00pm
Mideastro has been featured on Food Network's The Opener. It is good, no, very good, no way beyond good. This is Meditterranean new, like the Arab Spring, a mouth-watering makeover of familiar ingredients and dishes.
The menu selections will be matched with excellent wines from the SAWS cellar as selected by our cellar master Jon Whitteker.
As has been our recent custom, this event is being held jointly with the ESSO Annuitants Club. As there will be a full house, Tables may be shared by members of both clubs.
When: Thursday February 20 @ 6:30 pm.
Where: Mideastro, 27 Yorkville Ave, Toronto, just West of Yonge St. Green P parking two doors down, or Bloor Subway to Bay.
Price: $90.00 members. Guests $100.00
Closing date: Your booking or cancellation must be received by Monday, February 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.
Thursday March 8
Lammershoek Roulette Vertical Tasting @ Toronto Lawn & Tennis Club
Reception 6:30pm
This is a truly unique vertical tasting which has taken many years to come to fruition.
Carla Kretzel, whose parents, Paul and Anna own the Lammershoek farm will be here to present a vertical range of eight highly acclaimed and top rated Lammershoek Roulette wines, plus a ninth shiraz.
A tasting plate will accompany the wines.
When: Thursday March 8 @ 6:30 pm.
Where: Toronto Lawn & Tennis Club, 44 Price St., Toronto, just North of the Summerhill subway station off Yonge St. Green P parking just across the road.
Price: $55.00 members. Guests $65.00
Closing date: Your booking or cancellation must be received by Friday, March 3. 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.
Don't miss this one. 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.
