Tickets to the inaugural Meander Fine Wines Champagne and Bubbly Festival are selling like hot cakes so why not savour the long weekend and head over to Piggly Wiggly in Lions River for an afternoon of champagne, live music and food from among the finest eateries in the Natal Midlands.
The event follows the huge success of last year’s Diemersfontein Pinotage on Tap Festival and joins forces with Hartford House, Granny Mouse, La Lampara and The Corner Post as well as a host of the country’s premier wineries and bubbly producers for a day of eating, drinking and being merry.
In the picture: Patron Mia Haywood toasts the upcoming Meander Fine Wines Bubbly Festival being held at Piggly Wiggly on April 30.
Cabriere Estate will perform sabrage – ceremoniously slicing off the top of a champagne bottle with a sabre – while winemakers from Cederberg, Colmant, De Grendel, De Wetshof, Pierre Jordaan, Klein Constantia, La Motte, Saronsberg, Steenberg, Simonsig, Ross Gower, Groote Post, Muratie, Dieu Donné, Darling Cellars, Quoin Rock, Weltevrede, Goeverwacht, Graham Beck, Môreson, Morgenhof and Villiera will be in attendance.
Pommery and Billecart-Salmon
Pommery and Billecart-Salmon champagne houses will add that final touch of elegance and sophistication with tastings of the wine-making technique so famously perfected by the Benedictine monk Dom Perignon more than 350 years ago.
“This will be an opportunity to experience the finer offerings from the Midlands; spend a day – or the whole weekend – in the country and pose questions to the winemakers which have puzzled or amused your wine-drinking evenings. Last year’s festival reflected the huge interest for wine among Midlands residence and this takes that experience to the next level,” says organiser Trevor Gower.
The R200 ticket price includes a champagne glass, book of meal and wine-tasting vouchers and hours of live music in a relaxed atmosphere. The doors open at noon and the festival ends at 6pm.
For further information and ticket sales, contact Trevor Gower on 083 452 3350.