{"id":363,"date":"2011-07-01T10:31:04","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T10:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=363"},"modified":"2011-09-08T11:52:24","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T11:52:24","slug":"dombeya-wines-at-the-other-royal-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/07\/dombeya-wines-at-the-other-royal-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Dombeya wines at the ‘other’ Royal Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week-end sees another Royal Wedding, this one between Monaco’s Prince Albert and Zimbabwean born Charlene Lynette Wittstock. The weather is set fair and the Monegasque people are promised a ‘genuine communion’ with the royals as they join in the celebrations. It is unlikely to be such a grand spectacle as our own royal wedding earlier this year; after all nobody does pageantry quite as well as the British, and I cannot imagine they can top Pippa Middleton as perfect bridesmaid.
\nWhat they will have however, is an amazing dinner for 500 prepared by Alain Ducasse (and a team of 350 chefs) accompanied by three specially selected South African wines from the Dombeya Stellenbosch vineyard: Dombeya Chardonnay 2010<\/a>, Dombeya Boulder Road Shiraz 2006<\/a> and the Dombeya Samara (Cabernet\/Merlot) 2005<\/a>.
\nWhile not all the family have been invited (Albert’s ex wife, and his ex air-hostess girlfriend are not on the invitation list) it does make for a very happy event which Dombeya’s winemaker, Rianie Strydom, is rightly proud to be a part of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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