100 bottles of Two Square Miles

This weekend the sleepy valley I call home is going be holding its inaugural Mediterranean-themed food and wine festival, called (not surprisingly) the Riebeek Valley Medfest. It’s an excuse (like we need one) to showcase the cooking talents of our locals chefs and the area’s outstanding wines – each restaurant has chosen a Mediterranean country to represent food-wise, and has been paired with a wine producer.

I am part of a fabulously quirky shop called The Wine Kollective, which sells great local wines at cellar prices. We’ve been paired with neighbouring restaurant Bar Bar Black Sheep, whose imaginative and popular chef will be serving Portuguese food. Both the wine shop and the restaurant are located in our town’s ‘shopping mall’ – Short Street (‘not short on character’, and it’s not!).

My 2008 Dean David 2mile2 has been in the bottle for about six weeks now, and is due for release in July. But the Medfest comes only once a year, so I’ve decided to do a little pre-release for this special occasion: just 100 bottles. If you want to get in at the grassroots of a good thing, come to the Riebeek Valley Medfest and claim a bottle for yourself.