Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio, Wine news
One of the fringe benefits of writing is that one meets some very special persons. One such lady is Melissa Genevieve Nelsen, who has just launched the first vintage of her new Genevieve Methode Cap Classique.
Melissa grew up in the lovely fruit-farming valley of Elgin, dreaming of becoming an air hostess. Her late mother challenged her to think big, and to become a pilot rather than a hostess. Despite the financial challenge of paying for the flying lessons, paid for by waitressing, Melissa persevered, and qualified with a commercial pilot’s licence, flying for a small charter company in Johannesburg. Read more
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December 16, 2009 in
Bot River, cape royale luxury hotel, mcc and melissa nelsen.
Tags: Bot River, cape ro, cape royale luxury hotel, genevieve, mcc, melissa nelsen, sky bar, sparkling wine.
Late last week, John went to the launch of a new MCC sparkling wine, Genevieve – a brunch at the Cape Royal Hotel’s rooftop Sky Bar in Green Point, a quick taxi ride from our shop. It is a very good first effort by Melissa Genevieve Nelsen ..read more
The bubbles go on – and on, and on …
November 26th, 2009 by Cathy Marston
Truly sorry if you don’t like sparkling wine folks, but it just seems that EVERYTHING I am going to these days involves fizz. In fact, now I think about it, actually I am not going to apologise for this because the more fizz and fun in your life, the better it is.
This is especially true if you get invited to a champagne brunch at 10am on a Thursday morning – a particularly decadent time for drinking if you ask me. The Sky Bar at the top of the Cape Royale seems to be the place to launch your bubbly these days (see below) and Melissa Nelsen couldn’t have chosen a better spot if she tried. Her maiden fizz, Genevieve, refers to her middle name and not that 1950’s British movie involving the London to Brighton vintage road race, although I am sure a bottle or two would help all the Hooray Henrys immensely! She says that fizz is currently her passion and not her profession (she does the marketing for several exclusive Walker Bay wine estates including Niels and Penny Verburg’s lovely Luddite) but you can tell she really wants to do this full time.
And why not? This is a great first effort, a blanc de blanc made from 100% Chardonnay with the help of fizz fundi, Ross Gower. Lots of toast, biscuits, lemons and limes and a worryingly quaffable quality to it (probably helped by the many smiling waiters who kept cropping up at my elbow with full bottles). Nice nibbles, lovely views, perfect start to the day.
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