Wine Events in July

Just because you can't make it to the Cape Winelands in July doesn't mean you can't cel­eb­rate South Africa's great wines a little closer to your inten­ded des­tin­a­tion (or home if you are local). There are a few excel­lent events being held around the coun­try that cel­eb­rate South African wines.

Here's a quick round up of a few "Wine" events tak­ing place in July: In East London head to the 14^th annual Wine Fair from the 1^st to the 3^rd of July, With over 45 estates, the Wine Fair brings a wide vari­ety of the best tast­ing wine to your door­step. Superb local res­taur­ants and eat­er­ies always accom­pany the Daily Dispatch and Sparg’s Superspar Wine Fair, provid­ing a wide selec­tion of cuisine for the hungry.

Join the people of Franschhoek as Franschhoek cel­eb­rates its centuries-old French Huguenot her­it­age with a won­der­ful feast of food, wine and enter­tain­ment at its annual Bastille Festival on the week­end of July 11 and 12.

In De Rust, taste ostrich meat with a twist and local wines in a live enter­tain­ment atmo­sphere with bands, "stoep­stor­ies" and much more — hap­pen­ing at the Volstruisfees from 16 to 18 July.

In Gauteng, more than twenty dif­fer­ent ven­ues on and around the banks of the Vaal River have been care­fully selec­ted to show­case the wines from over 50 premier South African Wine Estates. The ven­ues on the Vaal River Meander Wine Route are diverse and inter­est­ing and provide for all dif­fer­ent tastes. See Vaal River Meander Wine Route (18 July onwards).

In Newlands, Cape Town, the annual South African Wine Tourism Conference takes place from 21 to 23 July at the Vineyard Hotel & Spa and Intervitis Interfructa Southern Africa takes place at the Cape Town ICC from 28 to 30 July.

In the Garden Route wine will be flow­ing at the Knysna Oyster Festival (3 — 12 July) and in Hermanus, Whale Capital of the World, com­bine a whale-watching week­end with the Hermanus Food & Wine Festival from 7 — 9 August.

In Durban the event to attend is the Good Food & Wine Show being held at Durban Exhibition Centre. Here, food and wine lov­ers can soak up the tricks and tal­ents of the hot­test celebrity chefs from the 23^rd to 26^th July.

The abso­lute "must-do" event of the sea­son is of course the Stellenbosch Wine fest­ival being held from 30 July to 2 August. A com­pre­hens­ive pro­gramme of fest­iv­it­ies includes an oppor­tun­ity to taste over 500 wines, meet wine­makers and watch pro­fes­sional chefs com­pete in cook­ing competitions.

See you there!

More Events and Things to Do:
South Africa Events & Festivals (search by province, event name, keyword or town).
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