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The Stables release Prince Imperial range
of wines
Nottingham Road –
The Stables Wine
Estate has just released a new range of wines to coincide with the Prince
Imperial celebrations taking place to commemorate the French presence in
KwaZulu-Natal.
The range will include the popular KZN Wine of origin Clariet, a Blanc de
Noir rose made from the free run juices of Pinotage grapes, which will
commemorate the tenth anniversary of the creation of the Prince Imperial
rose.
The other two wines that will be released in the Prince Imperial range are a
Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc blend named after Napoleon’s mother Empress
Eugenie, and a red blend of Pinotage and Merlot with a little Cabernet
Sauvignon, named the Imperial Trinity. The range is completed with a Prince
Imperial Port.
The Prince Imperial range of wines from The Stables will be launched at a
gala dinner in Pietermaritzburg on Friday 16 March.
“We were thrilled to be approached to produce a range of Prince Imperial
wines,” said Stables winemaker Tiny van Niekerk. “The French connection in
KwaZulu-Natal is very strong, and with The Stables positioning as the
pioneering Wine Estate in the province, it creates an ideal partnership.”
“Our Clariet, which is a strikingly salmon-coloured Blanc de Noir, is a
perfect companion for the Prince Imperial rose, which is a bold pink
colour,” Van Niekerk added.
“This is going to be a monumental year for The Stables and the wine industry
in KwaZulu-Natal, as we will be producing a whole range of high quality KZN
wines of origin,” said Van Niekerk. “We have learnt a lot from the French
wine industry, and we hope to further the ties between France and
KwaZulu-Natal through the Prince Imperial Programme.”
The Prince Imperial celebrations are driven by the Pietermaritzburg campus
of the Durban University of Technology, and include a 151st
commemoration of the birthday of Napoleon, and the tenth anniversary of the
establishment of the Prince Imperial rose.
The Prince Imperial rose was crafted by rose doyen Ludwig Taschner, as part
of a Franco-South African co-operation project, that also led to the
establishment of a French Rose garden in Pietermaritzburg three years ago.
The celebrations also extend to the eleventh anniversary of the Prince
Imperial Route, a circular self-drive route based around the Prince Imperial
monument in Zululand, and through the district of Uqweqwe.
The Uqweqwe community has close ties with the project and has benefited from
the relationship with the Prince Imperial project through the construction
of classrooms, skills training courses, reciprocal exchange programmes with
Britain and Reunion.
In June the Msindusi Museum will host an art exhibition loaned by the Musée
d’Art et d’Histoire Militaires in Fontainebleau in France, while a requiem
mass for the Prince Imperial will be held at St Mary’s Chapel in
Pietermaritzburg at the same time as the mass is held at the Imperial chapel
in Biarritz in France.
For more information please contact Judy or Ty on 033 266 6781 or by email
on
info@stableswine.co.za
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