Cape Discovery Wine
At last there may be a reprieve for those wishing to enjoy a glass of wine on Bali. Previously I just couldn’t bring myself to pay the exorbitant prices charged for wines.
On January 19, 2012, Cape Discovery, a wine company based in Singaraja, North Bali, launched its first wine at a cocktail reception held at the Conrad Bali Resort in Tanjung Benoa.
The wine – Cape Discovery Sauvignon Blanc is made with grapes shipped via a patented method from Margaret River in Western Australia to a state-of-art modern wine-making facility in Singaraja. The resulting wine is a full-flavored wine crafted to pair well with Asian food. The colour is pale green with aromas suggested of fresh lime and asparagus.
Distribution of the new Cape Discovery wine will focus initially on restaurants and hotels.
The wine-making team at Cape Discovery is hopeful that their formula of importing premium grapes from vineyards to their facility on Bali for processing by an experienced wine-maker will answer a market need for quality wine at an affordable price (“Hooray”) for Bali and eventually the whole of Indonesia.
Business managers for Cape Discovery have announced the following timetable for the introduction of their growing range of wines:
February 2012 – Margaret River Chardonnay & Rose
Late Spring 2012 – Margaret River Sparkling Chardonnay Method Champenoise
Mid-Summer 2012 – Margaret River Cabernet-Merlot & Shiraz
On my next visit to Bali I’ll be tracking this down to give a full report.
For more information on the Cape Discovery range of wines (please) contact:
Richard Irving
Cape Discovery Wines
Jalan Mahendradatta No. 41
Kel. Pemecutan Kelod
Denpasar 80119
Bali, Indonesia
If you have any experiences or comments about Cape Discovery Wines, please, please, please reply below.
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My wife and I tried a bottle of the Cape Discovery Sav Blanc in seminyak last week and it was truly fantastic. I’m involved in the wine industry and a can’t believe this is produced in Bali. Well done Cape Discovery, finally a good wine at a realistic price!!!! David
Hi, I am Richard Irving, the Chief Rep for Cape Discovery here in Bali. Thanks for the feedback David, we have a Rose and Chardonnay coming in April so look out for them. Our website should be live in the next week so you can get updates there. We are also on facebook and twitter. Cheers, Richard
Well…how excited was I to find this stunning, fresh and both smooth and crisp wine. It was to die for. Not sure if I loved it so much because of lack of anything to compare it to and the joy of drinking good wine in Bali. I’d really like to buy it here in Australia to see how it works here for me. I was searching for outlets to do just that when I found this site. So next trip I will try and buy it at a bottle shop rather than pay restaurant prices. It was only by chance I tried it. I have long since given up looking at the wine list at restaurants as its too expensive, but we were enjoying a free hotel dinner because of a ‘hotel fault’ late check in so (of course) we ordered what we wanted. (NB it was my first expensive hotel in Bali-i usually go for $50 a night-and I have been coming for over 30 years!).
Congratulations to the winemaker. Seems an amazing accomplishment.
Sue