12h30 Saturday 23 October 2010


Following the process of the wine-growing year is like watching a thriller movie. The plot ebbs and flows from one high point to the next before finally delivering ‘the twist in the tail’...in this case...the wine. But before that, comes another exciting event...the vine budding... the promise of things to come.

Pioneering KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) wine producer, The Stables Wine Estate (The Stables), in conjunction with Experience KZN wine&dine, will be hosting their annual ‘Vine Budding’ event over the weekend of 23 October. The festival is a wine-blending competition where members of the public (over the age of 18 years) can have a go of blending the next vintage of The Stables ‘Raggie Red’ wine. Every competitor is provided with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Shiraz and Pinotage wines, which they are then encouraged to blend in order to create the winning wine.
The cost of R125 per person includes a finger lunch, entry into the competition and wine for blending (and drinking!) throughout the day!

Now in its fourth year, the first blending competition was won by Springbok and Sharks rugby player, Johan Muller, whose winning blend went on to become the Estate’s first ever ‘Raggie Red’.

For more information about The Stables Wine Estate or the Vine Budding Festival contact 031 5614007 or e-mail admin@stableswine.co.za 


 

 

 

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