Welcome
to The South African Wine Society (SAWS)
The South African Wine
Society, now in its 19th 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. |
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Our next event -
Cabernet Sauvignon and its blends: A joint tasting with the
Australian Wine Society
Tuesday, September 9, 6:30 pm
You can evaluate the differences at our September tasting, being held jointly
with the Australian Wine Society.
Four cabernet sauvignons and four blends will
be offered. Canadian
sommelier Jamie Drummond who, since 2004, has overseen the wine program for Jamie Kennedy 's string of Toronto restaurants,
will be our guest speaker. He is well known for his gregarious personality and sense of
humour and is respected for his palate .
Follow this link to find out more information and to register,
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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.
TASTINGS
- Differences between South African and Canadian Wines
-
Monday with Meerlust
- 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
DINNERS
- Gourmet Game Dinner
- Lammershoek Dinner
- Christmas Dinner
- Braii - Annual BBQ
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.
Each year we offer two of special events.
In February, we have the Wild Game Dinner featuring such delicacies as Ostrich, stuffed Quail, and wild boar shank.
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.
South African Wine Society encourages the
cork recycling initiative.
Two ways to recycle. |
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Background
Since 1990, Guides Australia has successfully run a cork recycling program. It is a waste diversion program to help reduce the amount of cork that is discarded into landfills. Having collected over 90 million natural corks, this program continues to grow.
Girl Guides of Ontario’s Bag A Cork program was modeled after the Guides Australia initiative.
The cork is sorted by the Guides and sold to Jelinek Cork. 100% of the proceeds go back to Girl Guides of Ontario to fund their activities.
Why Cork?
Cork is 100% recyclable, It can be used to create thousands of products.
How Can You Participate?
Save your wine corks. If you don't know any Girl Guides please drop your corks at any LCBO that is participting in the recycling program. Bin locations are listed at http://www.bag-a-cork.org/binlocator.asp.
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