Kuier a while at the Klein Karoo Klassique

Klein Karoo Klassique

This year the Klein Karoo Klassique Festival will be held in Oudtshoorn from 14 to 16 August and you will be able to enjoy wines from the Klein Karoo (from as far afield as Montagu), ostrich and game dishes and clas­sical music. And when you order your wine at res­taur­ants and other ven­ues over this week­end you will only be drink­ing wines from the Klein Karoo region. There will also be wine and port tast­ing events and many of the local res­taur­ants and cel­lars will be host­ing per­form­ances of clas­sical music.

The music over the week­end will be organ­ised by the Oudtshoorn Music Society with assist­ance from Louis Heyneman (the CEO of the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra) so you can be sure your ears are in for a treat. And while you ears are being treated to some clas­sical music let your tastebuds be delighted with chocol­ates and spark­ling wine, port, snoek cakes, flame-grilled ostrich, herb bread and marsh­mal­low pudding ...

Klein Karoo Klassique

A brand new vine­yard, Karusa Vineyards, in the Schoemanshoek Valley just out­side of Oudtshoorn will play host to one of the fest­ival high­lights where vis­it­ors can fol­low the pro­cess of mak­ing Cap Classique spark­ling wine accord­ing to the French step-by-step method. Karusa Vineyards will also be launch­ing the first spark­ling wine to be pro­duced in the Klein Karoo dur­ing the workshop.

At the Kango Wines cel­lar vis­it­ors will be able to taste loc­ally pro­duced Belgian chocol­ate and wine dur­ing the Sjokoladefees met ’n neus vir bypassende wyn show, be sure to book early for this as last year’s show was sold out.

Joubert-Tradauw private wine cel­lar in Barrydale present a wine and food exper­i­ence second to none on Friday even­ing while Francois Ferreira will be host­ing two shows at Jemima’s res­taur­ant and on Saturday he presents an eight course menu in con­junc­tion with the prize win­ning ports of Calitzdorp. The Kolonie Restaurant boasts excit­ing and fla­vour­some menus on both Friday and Saturday even­ing. Garth Bradfield presents pop­u­lar out­door food at the Pomegranate Restaurant with a roast buf­fet on Saturday and some unique poitjie’s on Friday.

Klein Karoo Klassique

During the day on Saturday,  make you way down to the famers mar­ket in Schoemanshoek, here you will find more than 30 stalls with delect­able food and won­der­ful art. There is no entrance fee for this mar­ket so you can come and wander through this mar­ket that has top qual­ity deli products, wit­blitz, a vari­ety of gour­met foods and clas­sical music from the group Musica Romantica. Children are not for­got­ten about on this day as there is a jump­ing castle, horse rid­ing, don­key car rid­ing and farm anim­als to keep your little ones entertained.

Tickets for meals and work­shops are avail­able via Computicket and at Checkers stores. If you feel you need to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the city and would like to refresh your soul come and immerse your­self in sooth­ing clas­sical music, deli­cious food and won­der­ful com­pany at this year’s Klein Karoo Klassique.

Useful Links:
For more info about Oudtshoorn and to find accom­mod­a­tion for this event visit:
Oudtshoorn Accommodation
Oudtshoorn Hotels
Things to Do in Oudtshoorn

Programme:
Visit the offi­cial web­site at http://www.klassique.co.za/
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