Summer Concerts Trumpet in the New Year
Here are a few ingredients for a perfect summer’s night out in the Winelands: first take a particularly balmy evening with a soft South-Easter just stirring the oaks; then add the fragrant smoke from Chef Shaun Schoeman’s barbecue, where the marinated chicken pieces, boerewors and Karroo lamb chops are braaing nicely; lay on a few chilled bottles of Cape Jazz Shiraz; and then “Strike up the band!” as the Delta Langbroek Band comes blowing in, trumpets and trombones and guitars pouring out authentic rural Cape music. 
Solms-Delta Summer Concerts 2012 kicks-off
The Solms-Delta and Die Burger Saturday Summer Concert Series, a season of outdoor live concerts set in the beautiful Franschhoek Winelands kicked off on Sat 12 January with music legend Pieter van der Westhuizen and local Delta musos – includes Delta 5: Springbok Nudies Adriaan Brand and Sons of Trout Nick Turner, the Soetstemme voices and Klein Handjies.
Click here for the full Summer Concert line-up.
Renata Coetzee, South African Living Treasure
Never mind about the Seven Wonders of the World. Not that I have anything against Table Mountain, but I am more interested in the Living Treasures of South Africa. There are many wonderful people on the list, led, of course, by Madiba. I wonder who you would nominate as other Living South African Treasures?
Vines-a-growing (3rd Installment)
Flowering has started. This means the cap has fallen from the berry, exposing the anthers and stigma. Given the right weather conditions there will be a transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma as grapes are self-fertilising.
While there’s not much that growers can do about the weather, there’s still a lot to be done in the vineyard this time of year.
2012 Best of Wine Tourism Awards luncheon
The awards ceremony for the 2012 Best of Wine Tourism was held at the picturesque La Motte Wine Estate today. All the category winners collected on the lawns at the Historical Cellar for welcoming drinks and were entertained by our spirited Soetstemme choir. I noticed one of the guests unreservedly joining the choir for one of their songs, and wondered why I had not thought of that!
Gift Solutions!
Look no further than Solms-Delta for easy gift ideas for your boss, friends or family! Order via our Online Sales and we’ll deliver to your door, with no delivery fee (SA only – 6 bottles and over). Our Grappa fortified Shiraz Gemoedsrus is a real treat for any port lover and it comes in a stylish cylinder case (or without for a lower cost). A bottle of Cape Jazz Shiraz will impress and gets any party going! While you’re thinking about it, get your wine now for the season celebrations and we’ll drop it at your door! Our new Langarm 2011, Hiervandaan 2007, Koloni 2010 and Cape Jazz Shiraz all pair perfectly with Christmas fare and will impress. Lekkerwijn served anytime anywhere is a summer time essential. You can also purchase a Solms-Delta voucher and spoil your special friend or family member with a treat of their choice (they can spend it on anything at the estate!) Call Lindy on 021 874 3937 or email us museum@solms-delta.co.za.
Year End & Office Celebrations – Book now!
Choose from a range of packages for your end-of-year function, company team-building – or any event with a difference. We have five tailored packages for you to choose from and can easily adapt these to suit specific requirements. They all include a meal prepared by the Fyndraai team, and wine. The options are: 1. A Culinary Delight Tour through our Dik Delta Fynbos Culinary Garden and our Heritage lunch menu . 2. A River and Forest Walk with a relaxing picnic. 3. Musical Fun and dancing with our farm choir while learning about our Cape rural music and tasting musical wines and Kaapsekos. 4. Social Transformation at Solms-Delta with a Museum tour and two-course menu 5. A Vineyard and Cellar tour with a food & Wine paring. click here for menu and more details.
November 2011 – News Alerts
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If you haven’t booked your staff or office party yet or bought Dad/Gramps/Uncle John a Christmas gift, then look no further and read on! • Last month our wine team hit the road up north and beyond! • This month we’re looking for a Cape Jazz Shiraz based cocktail recipe and the winner wins a case! • Follow our journey of two vines and meet our donkey Ben. • Your biggest treat this month is Chef Shaun’s very special ‘Moreish’ Melktert! We ended off October with some wonderful news – we won the Great Wine Capitals Best of Wine Tourism Award for Innovative Wine Tourism Experiences for 2012 at an awards ceremony in Germany.
For all the detail click here to view our November Newsletter.
A fine fellow!
We have a new donkey, in fact our first donkey, named Ben. He is a sturdy ass, with a dark shiny coat and impressively long ears. He comes to us from a neighbouring farm, Babylonstoren, but was born on Waterford farm near the Lesotho border. I heard, from the horse’s mouth, that he has a strong, bolshie character and was causing mayhem with the female donkey and her young offspring.
A battle of Music
If you were in Stellenbosch, for the Two Decades of South African Sculpture art festival, on Wednesday night, you would have been met with a most curious sight. The Delta Soetstemme choir and Delta Langbroeke band were vying for superiority in a musical battle, up and down Church Street. The Langbroeke, in blue jackets, were armed with loud, shiny brass instruments, while the Soetstemme, in white, held red and blue flags on long dangerous poles.
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