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SPECIAL EVENTS
Eikendal Weintaufe Harvest Celebration
Venue: Eikendal, R44, Stellenbosch.
Tel: (021) 855 1422.
Time: 10:00am
Price: R60, under 18's free
Performances: 11 Apr 2010
Genre: Festival
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Don your festive feathers and head out to the Stellenbosch
Winelands for an all-day family feast when Eikendal Estate hauls out the
barrels for its popular Weintaufe Harvest Celebration.
What started out as an intimate ceremonial blessing to
celebrate the end of the harvest at Eikendal more than 20 years ago, has
evolved into a not-to-be-missed highlight on the social calendar,
attracting a vibrant crowd each year.
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Families and friends can look forward to a merry blend of
laid-back entertainment, local country food, wine tastings, vineyard
tractor rides, a live music performance, and loads of fun for the kids,
allowing Mom and Dad to chill out on the lawn.
After the baptism of Eikendal’s first wine of the 2010
harvest – the cellar’s flagship Chardonnay – visitors get to taste it
straight from the barrel in celebration of the fruit of the vine.
Known especially in Austria as a
festival just after the wine harvest, Weintaufe literally means ‘wine
christening’. A ‘godfather’ is usually chosen to name the first wine of
the harvest.
Bring your picnic blanket and claim your spot for a magical
ending to the weekend. Delicious food and wine will be on sale so why not
swap the Sunday roast for a sublime afternoon under the oaks in the great
company of Eikendal.
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