A grim wet miserable day was much improved by the opportunity to attend the Vinimark Trade Fair held recently at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town - a great venue with underground parking - quite a boon for the rainy day!
Vinimark also took the opportunity to launch their new look - with Connect, Collaborate and Celebrate as their new tagline.
Night of the Stars is Vinimark's annual trade wine tasting event where they showcase the best of the best from their wine brand partners. These wine brands present their wines with a Platter's five star-rating as well as Double Gold medal winners at the Michelangelo Wine and Spirit Awards and Veritas Awards.
Everything is back to normal it seems - and trade tastings and awards are the order of the day and it was very busy at the latest Vinimark Trade Tasting at the CTICC on Tuesday 30 August.
The Cape Winemakers Guild is like an old boys club (the boys getting a little older than the young guns they once were!), but there are a few new youngsters and women - which is good to see.
Vinimark represents a number of South African wine brands, but also extended to a few top end bubblies, like Bollinger and others.
Good to see who is doing what as I attended their trade fair a few weeks back at the CTICC.