South Africa s curry dishes, whether the KwaZulu Indian style or in the Cape Malay variety, challenge wine selection. Chenin blanc sometimes works and so does chardonnay, but a spicy wine with a touch of sweetness is really ideal. Celebration comes easy to South Africans whatever the meal. And for this two other kinds of top-class local wines which pay inimitable compliments to their European heritage need to be mentioned. Both these wines can toast and top any great meal, traditional or reinvented classical.
Hospitality is a glass of wine before lunch.
The fruit of the vine matures in KWV s cathedral cellar in Paarl. Photo courtesy of Satour ALSO IN THE AREA Fine wine can be tasted throughout the Western Cape, from Franschhoek to Paarl to Stellenbosch. There are also wine routes in Robertson, in Worcester, in the Boland.