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Tulbagh: Twee Jonge Gezellen

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"I think the thing I enjoyed most was mospheric cellar. Stone arches, cob-
being with others who had the same webs around the lights and huge
objective to get a great image and pottery pots provided plenty to
the opportunity to photograph dif- photograph.
ferent places," adds Robert Maginley. The thousands of bottles lying in an-
On the Saturday morning the Tul- gled racks, ready to be hand-turned,
bagh-troop was divided into two gave special meaning to the illumi-
groups. One group headed for a nating explanatory talk by the cellar
wine tasting at the 300-year old Twee master of how the frequency that Nicol du Toit captured in the TJ cellar
Jonge Gezellen wine estate, which the bottles are turned influences the by Robert Maginley.
nowadays only produces sparkling size of the bubbles.
wine and Méthode Cap Classique The highlight was the tasting of the Below left: Lesley Parolis photo-
(MCC) (we may not say champagne) different sparkling wines on offer at graphed Trudi du Toit and Lambe
under the Krone brand — no longer different price points ... and had we Parolis taking a break in the cellar.
wine. The other group visited the known that the tasting would be
neighbouring Saronsberg wine es- free if a member bought a bottle Below: Mike de Villiers, Marius Stock-
enstrom, Joyce Goldschmidt and Anna
tate (see more on the next page). or two, this could have lasted much Engelhardt photographed at Twee
The TJ group first explored the at- longer! Continued p17 Jonge Gezellen by Colleen de Villiers.

Photographing in the Twee
Jonge Gezellen bubbly cellar
are (above) Dave Gordon (pho-
to graphed by Richard Gold-
schmidt) and the Goldschmidts
(photo Barbara Gordon).
Enjoying the Cap Classique
tasting from the right: Robert
Maginley, Judith Dodds, Lambe
and Lesley Parolis and Sally-
Ann Spooner. Photographed by
Trudi du Toit.

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