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SPECIAL EVENTS
2nd Soup, Sip & Bread Winter Feast
Venue: Various wine farms. Tel:
083 310 1228.
Time: -
Price: -
Performances: 6 Jun 2010
Genre: Festival
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Nine wine farms in the Durbanville Wine
Valley host the second Soup, Sip and Bread winter event on Sunday June
6th, providing the perfect environment to enjoy this delightful wine
route’s reds with hearty country fare, all served up with live music in a
rustic, country-side setting.
The wine farms participating in this
fun-filled family event are Nitida, Meerendal, Hillcrest, Durbanville
Hills, Diemersdal, De Grendel, D’Aria, Bloemendal and Altydgedacht.
After a sell-out debut last year,
festival goers will yet again flock to this special winter event to warm
the cockles of the heart with home-made soup and just-baked artisanal
bread perfectly matched with red wine from the valley’s cellars.
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“Imagine Tuscan Bean Soup with Merlot;
Minestrone with Barbera; or Shiraz with biltong soup and soft glüwein
bread,” says Michelle van Staden of the Durbanville Wine Valley
Association. “Soup and bread have been symbols of warmth and conviviality
throughout the ages. Bring wine into the mix and we offer visitors an
experience they won’t easily forget. Festival goers can traipse from farm
to farm to taste wine, or simply settle on one farm for the day - feasting
on winter-inspired dishes and sipping on wine from our casks.”
This laid-back winter feast also adds a
fun challenge to the art of food and wine pairing, as vintners and chefs
find soulful partners for the variety of soups, chowders and gumbos on
offer. “Although the cooler weather calls for red wine to go with blazing
fires, don’t be surprised if Sauvignon Blanc - the valley’s signature
white - makes a guest appearance with a wholesome seafood bisque, or
Gewürztraminer tames a spicy Mexican tortilla soup.”
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