It’s time to block out the diary for one of the winelands’ biggest events of the year – and to book tickets for the early-bird discount!
Wine Town Stellenbosch is the annual seven-day celebration of wine and winelands living that takes place in the City of Oaks from Monday 29 July to Sunday 4 August.
The highlight of the event is the Stellenbosch Wine Festival on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 August, which was first held in 1973. Hosted in the historic town hall, some 60 of the country’s best producers offer more than 200 wines for tasting, which are served alongside a never-ending harvest table of seasonal and local bites and delights.
If you’ve ever wanted to experience Stellenbosch and its wines in all it’s glory, this is the occasion.
The celebration is the culmination of a smorgasbord of family-friendly experiences organised by wine farms, restaurants, tour operators and guest houses in South Africa’s wine capital.
Activities include specialised wine tours, international conferences and regional tastings as well as winemaker lunches and dinners, specials at wine bars and restaurants around town and curated vertical tastings.
Stellenbosch wines excel across grape varieties, which is the reason for focused tastings that include Cabernet through the ages hosted by the Stellenbosch Cabernet Collective and Chenin Blanc.
Some of the country’s biggest names in wine will be represented at this year’s Stellenbosch Wine Festival. Among them, Simonsig, Alto, Spier, Rust en Vrede, Blaauwklippen and Kleine Zalze.
What’s more, the food feast on offer comes from the kitchens of celebrated chef Bertus Basson and will be prepared by Bertus Basson Restaurants Group chef Adel Grewar. The culinary presentation includes a harvest table, floating small plates mostly themed around traditional flavours and tastes, and, to end it all off, a buffet of desserts.
As has become tradition there will be top notch live music too. The festival runs at the Stellenbosch Town Hall from 17:00 to 21:00 the Friday and 14:00 to 18:00 the Saturday.
- Tickets, at R490 each, include 18 wine tasting tokens, live music performance and the harvest feast. Book your tickets online via Plankton.
