Ken Forrester

What i Drank Last Night - Ken Forrester “T” Noble Late Harvest 2009

Ah, the Mountain Nelson, home away from home to the likes of supermodel Kate Moss and the late Muammar Gaddafi of Libya. Yesterday, Stellenbosch producer Ken Forrester hosted guests to the Cape Town hotel’s famous High Tea to mark the launch of the 2009 “T” Noble Late Harvest.

Mushroom Orzotto with Ken Forrester Petit Chenin Blanc 2010

 

Ken Forrester Vineyards in Stellenbosch packs in the Parker points

Thirteen wines from the Ken Forrester Vineyards portfolio received high praise indeed from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate website, eRobertParker.com.

Wine-maker's Dinner with Ken Forrester

After a career in the hospitality industry and restaurant trade, in 1993 Ken Forrester and his wife Teresa bought the farm on public auction.

Ken Forrester July 2011 Newsletter.

We had a fantastic opportunity to be part of a group of leading winemakers who attended workshops in New York, Washington Chicago and Montreal. The seminar showcased the various styles and flexibility of Chenin Blanc, from the fresh and fruity through to the rich & ripe to the sweet and sparkling. Images of wineries and vineyards were shown as part of these workshops, reminding the audience why South Africa’s winelands are considered the most beautiful in the world. We had a great audience of sommeliers, retailers, media and other trade who were clearly impressed by the uniqueness of South Africa as a wine-producing nation and by the variety and quality of the Chenin Blanc wines presented.

Ken Forrester wines helps turn wine into water

Popular restaurant group Tria in Philadelphia are proud to be partnering with A Drink for Tomorrow (ADFT) in their exciting summer campaign, Turn Wine into Water.

Roasted fish with Ken Forrester Chenin Blanc

Alfred Portals, who last year crossed the quarter-century mark at his landmark Gotham Bar and Grill, sounds almost surprised when he says, "I still love cooking, especially at home, for guests". He likes to get everyone involved, even if just a little, in the process" "Sharing is important. Invite guests to help in the kitchen or have them set the table. Anything I can serve tableside, I like to do."

Ken Forrester June 2011 Newsletter.

In our part of the Cape Winelands we have noticed the arrival of winter is slightly later than usual, with its typically low, low temperatures. We are still waiting for more “cold units” to kick our vineyards into their well-earned winter rest. This time of year is characterised by an array of colour changes in the leaves, with the eventual falling of leaves from the vines and the emergence of lush green cover crops between the vine rows.

Cathy Marston attends a vertical tasting of one of the Cape's greatest wines.

Chenin is getting a good press these days. Most folk-in-the-know are still tipping it to make the country’s best wines, and versions both sweet and dry, oxidative and reductive are picking up awards and accolades all over the world. This is great news for South African wines and bodes well for the future, but it took a vertical tasting last week for me to realise just how far we have come with this variety in such a very short time.

FMC : Full Monty Chenin. Niel Pendock's blog about the Top 100 St James wine competition

As the first rain in five months pitter-pattered onto the ancient 17th century thatch of the Forrester homestead on the Helderberg yesterday, no surprises that Chenin Blanc was the largest category in the Top 100 St. James Wines Competition announced to a select group of wine hacks at a St. James B&B the previous evening, with Relax with Dax the most famous.

Ken Forrester February 2011 Newsletter

The harvest activities have started with a bang!! It was one of our earliest harvests, the reason being that for the first time we picked a small crop of Chenin to make Méthode Cap Classique (MCC). Last week was also a hive of activity when Ken and Teresa hosted journalists Nicolette Waterford, Melvyn Minnaar and Luvo Ntezo, sommelier at the Twelve Apostles Hotel & Spa. The trio flew in by helicopter in time for the start of the harvest in the FMC vineyard. The day was especially exciting for the farm workers as they were treated with short helicopter rides!

Ken Forrester September 2010 Newsletter

This month we welcome spring with the ducks returning to the vineyards after their hibernation. We are committed to sustainable farming methods, specifically using zero herbicides or insecticides whatsoever & thus the ducks are enjoying themselves amongst the lupines planted between the vineyard rows.

Ken Forrester Vineyards Harvest News

When we tasted the free run juice of our 2010 Chenin Blanc it was oozing fruit and charm.

Ken Forrester gets his ducks in a row

While Ken Forrester Vineyards is at last baking in the summer sunlight as we enter spring, our vines begin to awaken and bud, the oak trees are covered in new spring green leaves and Ken's flowers provide bursts of colour from all sides.

FMC makes it to the TOP

Ken Forrester's highly praised FMC 2007 has once again made it to the top of the list.

Ken Forrester FMC 2007

Featured by Olly Smith in the Mail on Sunday's Live for Wine

Ken Forrester Shiraz Grenache sereved with Braised Lamb Shank Greek Style.