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Krone Adds Demi-Sec To Its Range Of Benchmark Cap Classiques
Synonymous with the production of benchmark Méthode Cap Classiques, Krone has launched the Krone Night Nectar 2011 Demi-sec Cap Classique.
Located at Twee JongeGezellen Estate (TJ) in the picturesque town of Tulbagh, Krone has a long tradition of the fine art of blending the classicChampagne varieties, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Having perfected this skill,Krone is proud to announce that bubbly lovers can now enjoy all that defines Krone Méthode Cap Classique in a slightly sweeter version of this classic combination.
KRONE NIGHT NECTAR 2011 The Krone Night Nectar is a sophisticated Cap Classique which is charmingly drinkable, fruity and generous with a satisfying touch of sweetness. This bottle-fermented and lees-matured sparkling wine, a blend of the traditional Champagne varieties, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, is named in honour of the once practised Krone tradition of night harvesting. It has a creamy, fine mousse and shows expressive aromas of baked golden apples and almonds. Refreshing lemon curd and subtle marzipan flavours fill the palate and linger on the aftertaste, leaving the taste buds calling for more.
Although this is a slightly sweeter Cap Classique, Demi-sec meaning ‘half dry’, the touch of sweetness is beautifully balanced with refreshing acidity, making it a versatile food-friendly wine: a perfect match for richer, creamier savoury dishes – foie gras is a good example – or foods that have a slight edge of sweetness to them, for instance caramelisation, a fruit ingredient or sugar, as per many Asian recipes. Desserts like a baked lemon tart, apple strudel, panna cotta or just a plain cheesecake will make a fine match. Also delicious with red berries or blue cheese.
The Krone Night Nectar 2011, packaged with an eye-catching gold foil, will be widely available nationally, from early September, in select liquor retailers and grocers, and will retail for approximately R110 per bottle.
For further information please contact Ginette de Fleuriot at Vinimark The Wine Company on ginette@vinimark.co.za.
Drostdy-Hof Tells A Different Story
South Africa’s enviable warmth and sunshine might be what we think of first when we identify what makes the country special, but in a new TV campaign for a popular wine brand, it is winter that takes the leading role.
The new Drostdy-Hof commercial relishes the rain, the snow and even the ice. That’s because of their impact on the mountain streams in the Winelands. Once the weather warms, the crystal clear water will be available to feed the vineyards.
To make the point, the locals living close to De Oude Drostdy, home of Drostdy-Hof wines in Tulbagh, are shown battling to push a car out of the snow, struggling to dig through the layer of ice covering the soil, and finding their clothes frozen stiff on the washing line.
The cold also tells another story, explains global marketing manager for the brand Deidre Samson. “The winter cold encourages the vines and the fruit trees to go into proper dormancy, conserving their energy before they go into their next cycle of growth. It’s also good for flavour development in the ripening fruits.
“We choose our Winelands vineyard locations very carefully, matching grapes with growing sites to ensure that top-quality grapes are delivered to our cellars.”
The commercial, shot in Tulbagh, features a few locals, including Peter Nel, who is one of the people pushing the car out of the snow, and Richard Oncke, who grew a beard for his role and is seen striking ice while digging. Both of them live on farms in the area. Nel runs a guest farm while Oncke works in the town.
The commercial, launched to coincide with the brand’s new Pure Country positioning and elegant new packaging, goes live in July, in the heart of winter. It will be flighted on television channels including SABC 1, 2 and 3; eTV; kykNET; M-Net Series; Home; E! Entertainment; Style; Food Network and TLC.
Move Over Ruby And Salmon: Green Is The Colour Of Wine On World Environment Day
(Afrikaans Volg Net Na Die Engels)
World Environment Day is June 5, 2014. While we tend to think ‘solar energy’ and ‘recycling’ when it comes to making our earth a greener place, there are two local wine estates that are taking great green strides (or in the case of Theuniskraal, small waddles) in the vineyards:
Lomond: Repairing the Land and Righting Rivers
Lomond viticulturalist Wayne Gabb made a personal pact to keep the viticulture at Lomond as “clean and green” as possible and to maintain the farm’s abundant biodiversity by setting aside 750 ha for conservation (only 350 ha are allocated for vineyards). It’s an attitude to farming that has earned Lomond membership to the BWI and the Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy as well as awards for outstanding wine.
What are the brass tacks of Lomond’s approach? It is things like giving life to the soil by inoculating it with micro-organisms to increase organic matter, which creates an environment that promotes the self-induced resistance of plants to disease. And, a predator release programme that uses naturally prevalent predators like hadedas and guinea fowl to keep insects under control, and perches for peregrine falcons and steppe buzzards, which prey on smaller grape-eating birds.
On a larger scale, Lomond worked with Cape Nature and the Department of Water Affairs to restore the natural flow of the Uilenskraal River. Not only did this rehabilitate the riparian environment, increasing sustainable breeding of invertebrates, but water that previously ran into the sea was redirected into a 6 million cubic metre dam on the farm. The dam serves the irrigation needs of the farm as well as the local communities of De Kelders and Gansbaai via the local council’s water purification works.
Gabb, who studied science at the University of Cape Town, also runs a business that provides organic interventions for all types of farming and home gardening, including nutrients, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, fertilisers and composting. “Lomond provided the motivation to develop these products so we could minimise impact on our environment. It’s an eco-motivated approach but it seems to bring out the very best in our wines,” said Gabb.
One of Tulbagh’s best-known wine farms has swopped snail bait for ducks, which happen to have a penchant for eating pesky snails.
A flock of over 200 free-ranging ducks patrol Theuniskraal’s 140 ha of vineyards by day, where they forage and consume the snail population with gusto. The mechanical skills of brothers Flippie and Wagner Jordaan were put to task in designing and successfully producing an incubator from a discarded refrigerator. The cleverly modified fridge, complete with tilting egg boxes to emulate the turning of the eggs by the mother duck, is testament to their enthusiasm and commitment to the environment.
Once hatched, the ducklings are kept safely in a shed and taught how to seek out food and drink, until they are old enough to join the duck patrol. They are then released from the pen each morning and quickly learn to follow the flock and waddle into the vineyards, or hitch a lift on the farm tractor and trailer to the more distant vineyards. Each evening they head for home and safety – a perfectly symbiotic arrangement!
The determined duck patrol is just one of Theuniskraal’s environmentally friendly farming practices, which work seamlessly with high technology irrigation, weather forecasting and fertilisation systems to bring out the best in each vintage. Theuniskraal is also a member of the Biodiversity and Wine Initiative (BWI).
Pair the Theuniskraal Bouquet Blanc 2013 with a Honey Ash Cake and the Lomond Merlot 2011 with a delicious winter warming Oxtail casserole – perfect winter comfort food.
Both wines are available nationally at various outlets including Tops Spar, Checkers and
For more information about Theuniskraal email info@tkl.co.za or visit www.theuniskraal.co.za and join them on Facebook at TheuniskraalWines.
For more information about Lomond email Lomond@capelegends.co.za or visit www.lomond.co.za and join them on Facebook at Lomondwine
Staan Opsy, Robynrooi En Salmpienk: Op Wêreldomgewingsdag Is Wyn Se Kleur Groen
Wêreldomgewingsdag val op 5 Junie 2014. Ons dink dan meestal aan “sonkrag” en “herwinning” om te sorg dat ons aarde al hoe groener word, maar twee plaaslike wynlandgoede doen groot groen stappe (of in die geval van Theuniskraal eerder klein waggeltjies) in die wingerde.
Lomond: Herstel grond en ruk riviere reg
Wayne Gabb, die wingerdboukundige op Lomond, het persoonlik beloof dat die wingerdboukunde op Lomond so “groen en skoon” as moontlik sal wees. Die plaas se geil biodiversiteit sal ook in stand gehou word deur 750 ha vir bewaring opsy te sit (net 350 ha is aan wingerde toegewys). Dis ’n houding teenoor boerdery wat sorg dat Lomond lid van die BWI en die Walkbaai-fynbosbewarea is, en boonop toekennings vir puik wyn verower.
Waarop is Lomond se benadering gebou? Die grond kry byvoorbeeld lewe deur dit met mikro-organismes in te ent wat ’n omgewing skep wat plante se eie weerstand teen siektes bevorder. Daar is ook ’n program om roofdiere vry te laat sodat hadedas en tarentale insekte onder beheer kan hou. Sitpale is opgerig vir swerfvalke en bruinjakkalsvoëls wat jag maak op kleiner voëlsoorte wat die druiwe vreet.
Op ’n groter skaal werk Lomond met CapeNature en die Departement van Waterwese saam om die natuurlike vloei van die Uilenkraalsrivier te herstel. Die oeweromgewing is sodoende gerehabiliteer, wat al hoe meer volhoubare teling van ongewerweldes meegebring het. Boonop is water wat voorheen in die see geloop het, na ’n dam van 6 miljoen m2 op die dam herlei. Die dam voorsien die plaas se besproeiingsbehoeftes, asook dié van die plaaslike gemeenskappe in De Kelders en Gansbaai nadat dit deur die plaaslike munisipaliteit se watersuiweringsaanleg gegaan het.
Gabb het wetenskap aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad studeer, en bedryf ook ’n onderneming wat organiese ingrepe vir alle soorte plaas- en tuis-tuinbou voorsien, onder meer voedingstowwe, plaag-, onkruid- en swamdoders, bemestingstowwe en kompos. “Lomond het die motivering voorsien om dié produkte te ontwikkel om die minste moontlike uitwerking op ons omgewing te hê. Dis ’n eko-gemotiveerde benadering, maar dit lyk asof dit die heel beste in ons wyne na vore bring,” sê Gabb.
Een van die bekendste wynplase naby Tulbagh het sy slakgif weggepak en span eerder eende in, want hulle is dol op daardie slymerige slakke.
’n Trop van meer as 200 vrylopende eende patrolleer die 140 ha se wingerde op Theuniskraal bedags, en hulle soek en vreet die slakbevolking met smaak. Broers Flippie en Wagner Jordaan se vaardighede as werktuigkundiges is op die proef gestel toe hulle met groot sukses ’n broeikas uit ’n stukkende ou koelkas ontwerp en gebou het. Dié slim aangepaste koelkas, met eierhouers wat swaai om die manier waarop die ma-eend die eiers omdraai, na te boots, bewys hoe geesdriftig hulle oor die omgewing voel, asook hul toewyding tot dié saak.
Nadat die eiers uitgebroei het, word die eendjies veilig in ’n skuur opgepas. Hier leer hulle hoe om kos en water te soek tot hulle oud genoeg is om by die eendepatrollie aan te sluit. Dan word hulle elke oggend uit hul hok vrygelaat. Hulle leer gou hoe om agter die trop aan tot in die wingerde te waggel. Om by die afgeleë wingerde uit te kom, ry hulle in ’n sleepwa agter die plaas se trekker soontoe. Elke aand stap hulle vir veiligheid weer huis toe – ’n volmaakte simbiose!
Die vasberade eendepatrollie is net een van omgewingsvriendelike boerderypraktyke op Theuniskraal. Dié praktyke werk baie goed saam met besproeiing-, weervoorspelling- en bemestingsstelsels wat die jongste tegnologie inspan om die beste uit elke oesjaar te haal. Theuniskraal is ook ’n lid van die Biodiversiteit- en Wyn-inisiatief (BWI).
Drink die Theuniskraal Bouquet Blanc 2013 met Aswoensdag-heuningkoek, en die Lomond Merlot 2011 met ’n heerlike warm beesstert-bredie – ideale knuskos vir die koue winter.
Albei wyne is landswyd by talle afsetpunte te koop, onder meer Tops Spar, Checkers en Pick n Pay.
Stuur ’n e-pos-boodskap na info@tkl.co.za vir nadere inligting oor Theuniskraal, of gaan na www.theuniskraal.co.za, en sluit op Facebook by TheuniskraalWines by hulle aan.
Stuur ’n e-pos-boodskap na lomond@capelegends.co.za vir nadere inligting oor Lomond, of gaan na www.lomond.co.za, en sluit op Facebook by Lomondwine by hulle aan.
South African Olive Oil Among The World’s Best
Oakhurst Olives, a boutique olive farm in the Tulbagh Valley (South Africa), has officially joined the ranks of the world’s finest winning Best in Class and Gold awards for their Delicate Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) at the 2014 New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC).The announcement was made by Curtis Cord, president of the NYIOOC, in front of a capacity audience at the International Culinary Centre Theatre in New York City.
The competition, now in its second year, attracted  651 oils from  25 countries. Entries were rigorously evaluated by an esteemed panel of international olive oil experts over the course of four days. Italy garnered the highest number of Best in Class awards (4) followed by Spain and Australia (3 each); USA and Peru (2 each); South Africa, Slovenia, Portugal and Chile (1 each).
NYIOOC judges applauded South Africa’s only winning entry: “Aromas of ripe fruit, green grass, citrus and notes of grapefruit, vanilla, pastry. Taste exhibits abundant fruitiness, green grass, some sweetness, some bitterness, light pungency and notes of tea leaf, chamomile, raspberry, with exceptional harmony, a high complexity and a high persistence.”
Oakhurst Delicate Extra Virgin Olive Oil is blended from selected cultivars including Leccino, Mission, Maurino and Kalamata. The entire crop is hand-harvested each year in order to ensure premium quality.
Since its maiden harvest in 2012, Oakhurst Extra Virgin Olive Oil has garnered several awards locally and internationally: Best in Competition and 1st in Category at the Annual Marco Zicchella -Oliomio extra Virgin Olive oils of South Africa (2012); Top Ten in The Armonia A.NZ.SA – Tri-nations Olive Oil Competition between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa held in Sydney (2012); 2 SA Olive Gold Awards (2013); Absa Top 5 nominee (2013).
Pieter du Toit, Oakhurst owner, attributes their success to on-going investment in research, staying abreast of industry trends and excellent teamwork.
Oakhurst Delicate Extra Virgin Olive Oil is available at selected retail outlets and online: 250ml @ R65; 375ml @ R85; 1 litre box @ R180 and 5 litre box @ R825.
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Tulbagh Christmas In Winter 28 & 29 June 2014
Tulbagh celebrates Christmas in Winter.  The village is decorated with lights and Christmas trees.  Father Christmas rides through the streets giving out treats to the children.  The restaurants offer traditional Christmas Dinners.  Visit the museums, art and craft stalls, stroll down Historic Church Street, take a drive through the Valley and visit the wine estates for wine tasting, activities and festive fair.
A Rock with Santa Party is held where you can dance ‘til dawn.  Festive fun for the whole family. Come rain or shine & hopefully snow, Tulbagh will celebrate Christmas in Winter.
Entrance fee:  R40 pp or R60.00 pp wine glass included.  No charge for children under 13 years old.
Contact Tulbagh Wine & Tourism
023 230 1348 / 75
The House Of Krone Adds Glamour To The Festive Season With Exquisitely Packaged Cap Classiques
Making for glamorous cork-popping and dazzling gifts
The House of Krone, located at Twee Jonge Gezellen Estate (TJ) in the picturesque town of Tulbagh, has become synonymous with the production of benchmark Méthode Cap Classiques. Here, generations of the Krone family have mastered the fine art of blending the traditional Champagne varieties, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
To celebrate the forthcoming festive season, The House of Krone is presenting its popular Krone Borealis Cuvée Brut 2010 and Krone Rosé Cuvée Brut 2010 in exquisite embossed boxes. Retailing nationally between R100 and R110, these delicious and beautifully showcased Cap Classiques will make for glamorous cork-popping and dazzling gifts.
The House of Krone’s tradition is to use only the free-run juice which is of the highest quality and has optimum aroma and flavour. The wines then mature on the lees for three years in underground cellars after which, prior to dégorging, the bottles are packed in wooden pupitres (turning racks) and the rémuage (turning of the bottles) is done entirely by hand. The Krone Borealis and the Rosé Cuvée Brut are microbiologically stable, the true celebration of the vintner’s art.
Krone Borealis Brut 2010
Elegant with a fresh apple and classic biscuity bouquet with hints of jasmine, the bubbles are fine and persistent and pleasing with every sip. A rich lees-creaminess on the palate allows the hazelnut, quince and peach flavours to fill the mouth.Delicious on its own, the Krone Borealis is ideal to enjoy with oysters, sushi, seafood and creamy pasta dishes. Showcased in a magnificent gold embossed box, the Krone Borealis Brut 2010 retails nationally for around R100.
Krone Rosé Cuvée Brut 2010
Elegant, sassy and refreshing with a subtle salmon pink hue and a fine creamy mousse, the Krone Rosé Cuvée Brut displaysdelicate red berry fruit aromas and flavours, and a long and complex finish.Ideal as an aperitif, it is also a classic accompaniment to smoked salmon and perfect with charcuterie, duck or sushi and, gorgeous at the end of the meal with a simple serving of fresh summer berries.  Presented in a beautiful pink embossed box, the Krone Rosé Cuvée Brut 2010 retails nationally for around R110.
International Gurus At Veritas Judging
The high regard with which wine makers and brandy masters, as well as wine consumers, regard the Veritas results, renders it no easy feat to taste and judge the 1 792 entries for the 2013 competition.  Each year international experts are invited to join the highly qualified local judging teams to take on this mammoth task. This year the more than 100 judges will be in action at the Nederburg Auction Complex from 16 -20 September.
“Our practice of signing on international wine personalities undoubtedly enhance the international interest in the Veritas competition,” says Charles Hopkins, SANWSA chairperson.  “On the one hand these wine gurus return to their circles of influence with favourable impressions of our wines and of the credibility of the Veritas results, and on the other hand our judges and entrants gain valuable feedback from the parts of the world to where their wines are being exported.”
UK born Mimi Avery has been part of the UK wine trade for the past 20 years, fourteen of which at Averys of Bristol, one of the famous wine houses in the UK.  Avery, currently Brand Ambassador for Averys, is a former wine buyer with South Africa as one of her countries of focus; and a judge for global wine competitions such as the International Wine Challenge and Winestars International.
Frank Smulders from the Netherlands became in 1992 only the second continental European Master of Wine – generally seen as the highest qualification in the world in terms of wine knowledge. In his capacity as consultant and educator, Smulders has worked for a number of famous Spanish wineries like the Celler de Capcanes, and recently oversaw one of the largest wine collections in the world, the famous Palais Coburg wine cellar in Vienna, Austria.
Veritas Awards International Judges l to r
Dave Hughes (South Africa), Mimi Avery (UK), Frank Smulders (The Netherlands), Thomas Luber (Germany), Johan Larsson (Sweden)
Thomas Lüber from Germany, a regular judge at Veritas, is a wine consultant with extensive wine judging and buying experience. Lüber served as the chief buyer of SA wines for WIV Wein International AG – the world’s largest direct wine sales company with wine interests in Germany, France, Hungary, Australia and South Africa – for 20 years.
Johan Larsson holds the title as wine adviser to the King and Queen of Sweden.  He is also the chief wine buyer of South African, Greek, Turkish and Asian wines for the Swedish wine retail monopoly, Systembolaget.
Denis Lahouratate, cellar master at the French House of Bisquit Cognac, brings his expertise especially for the judging of the 34 brandy entries. His illustrious wine making career includes bouts at Maison Joseph Mellot in Sancerre, a period as cellar master at Lillet (well-known Bordeaux aperitif), and later the Leopold Gourmel House of Cognac.
Dave Hughes, a stalwart on the South African wine scene will once again join Lahouratate as chairman of the judging panel for the brandy entries.  Hughes is an international wine judge of note, a proficient wine and spirits. He also chairs a number of other panels.
Judging:  Ins and Outs
Sauvignon Blanc is again leading with 201 entries compared to the 192 of Shiraz this year.  Cabernet Sauvignon followed with 144 entries and Red Blends (Any other blend) with 137. Thirty-four standard, vintage and pot still brandy entries were received.
A wine judging certificate from the University of Stellenbosch, the Wine Judging Academy, a Cape Wine Master Diploma or similar accreditation is essential for inclusion in the tasting panels. The local team of judges consist of a variety of wine makers, researchers, academics, Cape Wine Masters, wine buyers, wine writers and consultants. Panels of seven judges blind taste the entries according to areas of expertise.
Scores are awarded according to the 20-point scale: 18 or more wins a double gold; 17 points is worth gold and silver goes to a 16-point wine/brandy.  A bronze medal goes to a wine/brandy with 15 points.
The announcement of the medal winners will take place on 5 October at the Cape International Convention Centre (CTICC) at a dazzling event sponsored by Agri-Expo.
For more information about the public tastings of double gold and gold medal winners, visit www.veritas.co.za or contact Elsabé Ferreira at tel 021 863 1599 or via email to admin@veritas.co.za.
Drostdy-Hof Extra Light Opens The Door To Spring
Celebrate spring and the reappearance of fresh, new-season vegetables with this delicious and healthy potjie that matches seamlessly with Drostdy-Hof Extra Light. Keep a cup-sized portion of the wine for the pot to lend a lively lift to the Mediterranean medley of flavours topped with herbs, lemon zest and feta.
Drostdy-Hof Extra Light is available in 375ml, 750ml and 1,5-litre bottles, or 2-litre and 5-litre bag-in-box packaging from major retailers countrywide.
2 leeks, washed and sliced
3 celery stalks, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 of each: red, green and yellow pepper
250ml Drostdy-Hof Extra Light
300g pickling onions, halved
5 large baby marrows, sliced
a large handful of baby spinach
salt and ground black pepper
zest of 2 lemons
a handful of chopped parsley
2 disks of feta cheese, crumbled
Prepare fire as usual ensuring enough coals to cook a potjie. Heat the oil in a medium-sized cast iron potjie and gently fry the leek, onions, celery, garlic, fennel seeds, bay leaves and peppers until golden. Add the vegetable stock and Drostdy-Hof Extra Light and stir. Add the baby potatoes and carrots and bring to a slow boil. Cook for 30 minutes. Test with a sharp knife to see if the potatoes are soft, then add the green beans, pickling onions, baby marrows and baby corn and simmer for a further10 to 12 minutes. Lastly, add the cocktail tomatoes and the baby spinach leaves and stir into the potjie. Season with salt and ground black pepper to taste. Combine the lemon zest, parsley and feta cheese and sprinkle over the potjie just before serving. Serve with couscous.
Serves 6 to 8.
Annual Search Is On For Wine Tourism’s Favourite 15
Wine Tourism South Africa today announced that its second annual Klink Wine Tourism Awards – a benchmark of the public’s favourite things to do in the winelands – is now open for voting.  The awards, a first in its category, encourages wine-lovers, their family and friends to discover the wealth of activities and experiences beyond the cellar door that the Western Cape wine region has to offer; then to vote for their favourite 15.
Monika Elias, Founder of Wine Tourism South Africa, a specialist wine tourism marketing company, says, “Wine is so much more than what’s inside the bottle; it’s about the brand, the wine estate’s atmospherics, the memories created on a wine route, the haute cuisine enjoyed at the gourmet restaurant, the discovery of unique experiences around wine. The Klink Wine Tourism Awards recognises this growing trend by enabling the industry’s keenest critics, the public, to award their top billing.”
In so doing, Elias says The Klink Wine Tourism Awards provides the industry with valuable insights on what the public like most, while at the same time engaging them to promote and establish the relatively new wine tourism industry among peers.
Monika Elias (left) with one of the 2012 winners
“Internationally wine tourism is booming; Napa in the United States and Christchurch in New Zealand are just two notable examples. Its growing popularity is partly due to tough operating conditions which has made wine a highly competitive industry but also because maturing wine-lovers are looking for fresh experiences and new things to do.”
It is also South Africa’s fastest growing and most lucrative sector, a point often made by Minister of Tourism Martinus van Schalkwyk. This, says Elias, has created rich territory for smart wineries to capitalise on.
Up against four other nominees in one of 15 categories, 75 wine-related experiences have been pre-selected by an astute panel of independent industry experts. They are Graham Howe, Lynne and John Ford, Anel Grobler, Maggie Mostert, Hennie Coetzee and Cathryn Henderson. Nominees can be viewed, reviewed and voted for via www.klinkawards.co.za; www.facebook.com/klinkawards or through twitter @klinkawards.
The voting process is completely transparent as the nominees, and public, can see which activities and experiences are the most popular as they are tracked in real-time online. Voting opens on Monday 2nd September and platforms will be live for 8 weeks. Only one vote per nominee will be accepted. “The 15 winners will then be revealed in November at the awards evening taking place in Cape Town,” concludes Elias.
To view or vote for The Klink Wine Tourism Award nominees*, visit: www.klinkawards.co.za.
The Historic Cape Winelands Town Of Tulbagh Will Host Its 3rd Annual Spring Arts Festival On The Weekend Of 6 – 8 September 2013.
The Spring Arts Festival offers a relaxed weekend where music in the classical, jazz, blues and cabaret genres, art exhibitions and literary discussions may be enjoyed in a lovely Boland village blessed with excellent restaurants, award-winning wines and other local produce against a backdrop of spectacular mountain views.
Tulbagh, the third oldest town in South Africa set in the heart of the Cape Winelands, has always been associated with the finer things in life – art, music, architecture.  Indeed Church Street, with its 32 buildings painstakingly restored after the devastating earthquake of 1969, is today the largest concentration of National Monuments in a single street in South Africa!
It is therefore fitting to celebrate the history and beauty and showcase the talents of the people of the Tulbagh Valley by staging an arts festival to coincide with the wonder of the Spring wildflowers, which include several varieties of rare indigenous bulbs that bloom only in this fertile valley.
A number of art exhibitions will be staged in art galleries, private homes and wine estates in and around Tulbagh.  Artists who will be involved in this year’s festival include Solly Smook, Alexis Bester, Jan du Toit, Kevin Stanley, Kobus Walker and others.  Tulbagh’s local artists – including Vasek Matousek, Tina Nel and Rochelle Beresford among others – will display their latest works in their studios.
Visitors will be treated to a veritable music fest with artists such as Albert Frost and the Blues Broers, the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tygerberg Children’s Choir, esteemed soprano Magdalene Minnaar, the jazz ensemble Saxit, pianists Francois du Toit and Jose Dias, cabaret diva Daniele Pascal and Die Jaloersbokkies, to name but a few.
Local artists such as the AmaWolseley Marimba Band and the Tulbagh Crusaders will also perform at the festival.
Bookworms can enjoy a wide range of topical talks, book reviews and panel discussions, as well as book readings by master storytellers such as Alta Cloete, Kristel Loots and Charnette Paul who will also be reviewing their latest publications and sharing tips of their trade with readers.
One of the more unusual highlights of the festival will be award-winning journalist Carla van der Spuy discussing her book on criminals, “Man or Monster” at the Obiqua Prison in Tulbagh.  The objective is to showcase the facility and also encourage inmates to read and learn whilst incarcerated.  Guests will share breakfast with the inmates and also be entertained by the Obiqua Prison choir.
The festival also incorporates wine tastings at some of the top wine estates in the Cape Winelands, an art and crafts market, food stalls, live entertainment at participating restaurants and entertainment for children.
For further information visit www.tulbaghspringsartsfestival.co.za or contact Tulbagh Tourism on 023 230 1348.
Boere Klim Uit Die Kas Uit!
Dis 2013 en tyd om die kasdeure wyd oop te gooi – want in elke kas skuil daar ‘n boer of tien – van die yskas en kombuiskas tot die klerekas en linnekas!
Grond tot Mond is ‘n nuwe KykNet-reeks wat landbou se ekonomiese waardeketting volg – van dit wat die boer nodig het om kommersieel te produseer tot by die eindverbruiker.  Die reeks gaan kykers grond toe vat, en terug. Op die lang pad tussen die plaas en die winkelrak word talle vrae beantwoord: Hoekom word kos al hoe duurder? Wat is die werklike prys wat ons betaal vir “goedkoop” invoere? En hoe volhoubaar is dit alles?
Die regisseur en aanbieder van die program is Martie Willemse, ‘n TV-programvervaardiger wat bykans 26 jaar se ervaring en kennis van landbousake het.  “Stedelinge moet wakker skrik en besef dat aspekte wat die boer raak, uiteindelik ‘n invloed op elke Suid-Afrikaner se sak het – van internasionaal-bepaalde pryse vir plaaslike produkte tot gebrekkige infrastruktuur op die platteland, sê Willemse
Uitvoerende Vervaardiger van die reeks, Blacky Swart, van die produksiemaatskappy Protecta (Pty) Ltd, meen “Dit is van kardinale belang dat die verbruiker ingelig word oor wat dit van boere verg om kos op ons tafels te sit. As dit nie vir ons boere en landbou was nie, kon ons werklik nie eens in die oggend opstaan nie. Ons is daarom baie dankbaar teenoor KykNet en die borge, Ford, Monsanto en Mutual & Federal Agri, dat hulle die visie met ons deel om hierdie reeks die lig te laat sien.”
“Ons sal jou wys hoekom kos kos wat dit kos, al kos dit ook wat…” sê vervaardiger, Alan Hayward.
Grond tot Mond sal in elke episode ‘n verskillende landbouproduk hanteer met verrassende feite oor hoe dit by ons lewens inskakel. Hoeveel verbruikers weet byvoorbeeld dat boere selfs ‘n aandeel in tandepasta het?
Die span besoek ook landbouskole regoor die land en kykers sal verbaas wees om te sien hoeveel van die kaas, heuning en ander produkte wat hulle gereeld koop, van hierdie skole afkomstig is!
Grond tot Mond begin Dinsdag 2 Julie 2013, om 17h30 en sal daarna weekliks elke Dinsdag in dieselfde tydgleuf uitgesaai word.  Daar is ook heruitsendings op die volgende tye:
Donderdae:       11H30 – 12H00 & 00H00 – 00H30
Vrydae:             16H30 – 17H00
Sondae:             22H00 – 22H30
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Veritas Awards – Search For SA’s Finest Wines
Entries for South Africa’s most prominent wine competition, the Veritas Awards, are now open. Those with an eye on the top accolades should pull their calendars closer. Wine and brandy masters have until 21 August to enter their finest for Veritas.
Late entries will be accepted until 29 August (at an increased entry fee).  Judging of the entered brandies takes place on 13 September while the magnitude of wines will be tasted from 16 to 20 September.  Judging is two weeks later this year and that should benefit wineries and distilleries to get their products ready because entry dates are also two weeks later.
Being awarded a Veritas double gold is a coveted feather in the cap of local wine makers and brandy masters. This authoritative competition has earned the respect of wine aficionados the world over due to its stringent blind judging procedures. Every year some 1 700 market-ready wines and brandies put their best foot forward in the hope of earning the sought-after Veritas symbol of quality.
This year’s top-notch wines and brandies deserving of the double gold, gold, silver and bronze Veritas emblem will be announced on 5 October during a gala dinner at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).
Visit www.veritas.co.za for full information and entry forms, or contact Elsabe Ferreira at 021 863 1599, fax 021 863 1552 or via email to admin@veritas.co.za.
Alvi's Drift Wine International Alfalfa is a 7,000ha property owned by the van der Merwe family with 410 ha dedicated to 19 grape varieties. Chenin Blanc and Pinotage are specialties.
Alvi's Drift Wine International Alfalfa is a 7,000ha property owned by the van der Merwe family with 410 ha dedicated to 19 grape varieties. Chenin Blanc and Pinotage are specialties.
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