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The Stables Wine Estate Media Release |
No: Stables0604 |
30 Sept 2006 |
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The Stables Spring Vine Budding Festival
Nottingham Road - A lively crowd enjoyed the
Spring Vine Budding Festival at The Stables Wine Estate outside Nottingham
Road on Saturday September 30th, with popular guitarists Nibs van der Spuy
and Guy Buttery adding to the occasion with their distinctive brand of
acoustic music. The mayor of Mooi River, councillor Siphiso Mkhuze enjoyed the occasion, along with Stella Khumalo, representing the Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism, and Narend Singh, who formally opened The Stables Wine Estate in 2005. The wine enthusiasts were treated to a tour of the cellars and the vineyards by winemakers Tiny and Judy van Niekerk, where they were shown the vines emerging from their dormant winter phase. The wine lovers then spent the rest of the sunny afternoon enjoying the music and some of the fine wines on offer from the Estate, including their Chardonnay, Pinotage, Drakensberg Tawney and their award winning Shiraz. The event also served as the formal launch of the province's first ever sparkling wine, named Balgowan Bubbly. This sparkling wine has a distinctive fruit-driven character, and proved to be popular with the wine lovers fortunate to be able to taste the first release. "The Stables Wine Estate forms an important part of KwaZulu-Natal's tourism industry, and supports our drive to make the province South Africa's playground, " said Khumalo. The Stables Wine Estate made history this year by releasing the first ever KZN Wine of Origin, with their innovative Pinotage Clariet Rosé, shortly after being registered as the first official KwaZulu-Natal Wine Estate. With viticulturalist Diederik le Grange now on board The Stables Wine Estate has exciting plans for the near future. "We want to destigmatise wine," said Tiny van Niekerk. "Wine should be fun and informal, and we want to make enjoying wine accessible to as many people as possible." ENDS |
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Viticulturalist Diederik le Grange, Marketing manager Ty Nicol and winemaker Tiny van Niekerk celebrate the launch of KwaZulu-Natal's first sparkling wine, Balgowan Bubbly, at the Spring Vine Budding Festival at The Stables Wine Estate on September 30. |
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Popular guitarists Nibs van der Spuy and Guy Buttery entertain the crowd at the Spring Vine Budding Festival at The Stables Wine Estate. |
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Winemaker Tiny van Niekerk shares a glass of KwaZulu-Natal's first sparkling wine, Balgowan Bubbly, with Mooi mayor Siphiso Mkhuze at the Spring Vine Budding Festival at the Stables Wine Estate on September 30. |
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New leaves on a Chardonnay vine at The Stables Wine Estate outside Nottingham Road. |
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The large crowd enjoys the Spring Vine Budding Festival at The Stables Wine Estate outside Nottingham Road on September 30. |
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