Where great minds drink alike… THE STANFORD WINE BAR

By: Melissa Mc Alpine

Wine bars are making a comeback, and Stanford Village is not about to be left behind.

Wine, like food and music, has a way of bringing people together. Stanford Kitchen, popular for its woodfired pizzas, tasty breakfasts and charming atmosphere, recently hosted a sneak preview in the form of a prelaunch event for their latest add-on, a stylish new wine bar.

The new and exclusive Stanford Wine Bar is the masterpiece of Stanford Kitchen owner, William Stephens, in collaboration with good friend, Bruce Jack, an international winemaker who got to know William from vacations spent at De Hoop Nature Reserve. The wine bar itself shares an intimate space with Stanford Kitchen and specialises in offering the Bruce Jack range of wines.

At the pre-launch opening event, invited guests were treated to an enjoyable afternoon of listening to classical music by duo Mike Hoole and Titia Blake of Palm Strings, while sampling various wines from the Bruce Jack collection and served tasty appetizers.

While the Stanford Wine Bar isn’t open to the public yet, locals and visitors to Stanford will soon get a taste of the new wine bar with its selection of fine wines and sparkling wines by the glass as well as by the bottle.

In the words of Michael Broadbent: “Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life’s most civilised pleasures.” Cheers to that!

Bruce Jack launched his brand in 2018 and since then has been sourcing the finest grapes available from his network of growers and sites. The wines stand apart for their sheer level of joy. Most of them have a base of fruit from Breedekloof, in the centre of the Western Cape, where Bruce Jack grows and purchases fruit.