South African Wacky Wine Weekend

by Andrew Barrow, Posted Feb 17th 2006 @ 1:25PM

The website is not quite ready but the 3rd annual WACKY WINE WEEKEND has just been announced. Across the Robertson wine area a mass of events is taking place June 2-4, 2006.

For the more healthy, there is a half-marathon, but more up my street is a chauffeur service (to encourage responsible tasting) between vineyards. Special fly-in packages from Johannesburg and Durban will be available.

Meet-the-Winemaker tastings form the hub of the event with special barrel tastings. Food too forms a huge part of the fun too. Activities include boat cruises; river rafting, live music, cheese & olive tastings, golf, tractor trips, vineyard quad biking and so on.

Costs: A passport will be purchased for R30 at your first port of call (any participating winery). This includes a tasting glass in addition to a "Friends of the Valley" booklet, listing special offers valid for 6 months after the Wacky Wine Weekend. All other activities are pay-as-you-go with more than a third of the activities free of charge.

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