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Thursday, 29 April 2010

Bonnievale — hidden treasure along the Breede River

To Bonnivale

To Bonnivale

On a Friday after­noon we take the N1 towards Bonnievale for a week­end of camp­ing. Because it’s still early we decide to make the 160 km, a road trip of note. With great music and lots of traffic head­ing out for the week­end, we start bob­bing our heads to the free­dom of nature.

The high­way takes us through Worcester where we take the R60 towards Robertson, the town that hosts the annual Wacky Wine Festival in June. The road is abso­lutely beau­ti­ful with moun­tains, wine farms and the river lurk­ing in the back­ground. The sun­set catches up with us and for a moment there is no hes­it­a­tion to stop the car and wait out the strik­ing orange even­ing that is chased by dark­ness. We become a part of twilight’s ima­gin­a­tion and noth­ing can hurry us. Weekends should always start like this ... Continued

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Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues
Tuesday, 21 July 2009

Prefer life in the slow lane?

Gubas De Hoek

Gubas De Hoek

Do you prefer life in the slow lane? If so then take a chilled trip down to Robertson for their third annual Robertson Slow. This year the fest­ival will be held from 7 to 10 August 2009. Ashton, Bonnievale, McGregor and Robertson in col­lab­or­a­tion with 28 winer­ies and Guest Houses from these areas wel­come you to the Robertson Wine Valley and invite you, the vis­itor, to enjoy food and drink at their tables.

Traditional fare such as Waterblommetjie Bredie, Karoo ven­ison, tripe and organic meals will be on offer at the homes of the Valley’s wine­mak­ing fam­il­ies. Here you will be able to meet with the wine­makers and talk to them about their wines and of course there will be plenty of oppor­tun­ity to taste the wines of this region ... Continued

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Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues