Think of South African wine and you think of the Western Cape. However, Diemersfontein's Pinotage on Tap festival is taking wine to four venues around the country in a move that is set to ignite the 2010 wine calendar.
The biggest Pinotage party yet will visit four venues the Natal Midlands, Johannesburg, Vanderbijlpark and Wellington - as Diemersfontein celebrates the tenth birthday of its award-winning wines.
Barrels of free flowing wine and chocolate fountains will feature along with an exciting line up of top performers at all four venues. The Original Coffee Pinotage will be served on tap with canapés, strawberries dipped in chocolate and delectable foods to pair.
Festival-goers on the search for active entertainment will have a host of Pinotage games to keep them on the move.
As is its convention, Pinotage on Tap will launch the new vintage of the Coffee Pinotage.
Deemed the "People's Pinotage" the wine has won awards in the Absa Top Ten Pinotage Competition, the Michaelangelo Wine Awards, four stars in Platter's guide to wine, and best wine on show as voted by the public at several of South Africa's WineX events.
Made for early enjoyment, the coffee Pinotage is bottled mid-year after oak maturation for five months.
Aside from natural variation according to vintages, the wine retains its essential features - easy accessibility and rich coffee-chocolate overtones.
This consistency comes from using premium quality grapes, and a tried-and-true method of fermentation and oak maturation every year.
Early bookings are advised as numbers are strictly limited.
For bookings, visit Computicket.
For further information, visit Diemersfontein.
Pinotage on Tap KZN Midlands
11 September
12:00 - 18:00
Piggly Wiggly Farm, Lions River
Band: Lonesome Dave and Farrel Purkiss
Pinotage on the River
26 September 2010
Stonehaven on Vaal, The Vaal River, Vanderbijlpark
Pinotage on Tap Johannesburg
2 October 2010
14:00 - 19:00
The Cradle Restaurant, The Cradle of Humankind, Lanseria
Band: Lonehill Estate
Pinotage on Tap Cape Town
30 October 2010
13:30 - 19:30
Diemersfontein Wine & Country Estate
Band: Lonesome Dave and Cassette
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