Tucked away in the leafy green suburbs of Karen is the Cave à Manger wine restaurant found in the Wine Box. A very intimate and quiet space for a date night and a fan favourite for wine lovers. Cave à manger is a French phrase meaning dining cellar in English. True to its name, the space combines wine tasting with an à la carte dining experience. With each dish, they offer two options of wines to pick from per glass. A group of ladies from Team Wine Kenya invited me to join them for a wine tasting as part of their training in preparation for the Wine Olympics in France coming up in October.
Since wine was our agenda, the meals were carefully paired with wines from Gérard Bertrand, a winery based in the South of France. François and Henri, who were guiding us through the tasting, work for the winery and are sommeliers who have been in the business for years. The wines they offered were of very high quality but also affordable. What many people do not know in the Kenyan market is that high quality wines also have very high alcoholic levels, with most ranging between 12 and 18 per cent.
