Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Scandinavian journalists and sommeliers visits Hemel-en-Aarde wine wards

A Scandinavian group will be visiting the 3 Hemel-en-Aarde wine wards tomorrow for a tasting of their wines.  The visitors will be hosted to a food & Hemel-en-Aarde wine pairing at Creation Wines, www.creationwines.com Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge and will overnight at High Season www.highseasonfarm.com.   The visitors from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland are as follows:

Sweden:   Anna Vasseur, Anders Levander – journalist for the biggest wine magazine in Sweden – Livets Goda. He´s planning to do a “Fine Wine” edition of the magasine, with SA exclusive wines; Niklas Löfgren – preparing for the Swedish Sommeliers’ Championship. He´s currently working as a sommelier in the F12 group in Stockholm

Kajsa Bergkvist – a former world champion in high jump, and a free-lancing sommelier. She is a wine ambassador for SA wines; Maja Berthas (WOSA representative in Sweden)

 

Denmark:  Ingela Svanström (WOSA representative in Denmark); Rasmus Holmgård

 

Norway:  Merete Bö – Winner of the Nordic Championship 2009. Very important journalist that writes for the biggest daily newspaper in Norway.

Dan Lystad – Head of the Sommelier education in Oslo & a wine consultant for many top-end buyers in Norway.

Finland:  Samuil Angelov – Head sommelier at the prestigous resturant Savoy in Helsinki

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