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.

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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. 

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On the 9th of September, the Solms-Delta High School Basketball team played a match against the Bridges Academy “B ” Team. Once again our guys showed great spirit and determination. Despite the fact that we only had 5 players so they each had to play the full 40 minutes, we still managed to win 54-20 against the Bridges team! Well done to Justin and Bertrum (who are in primary school), Shane Boonzaier (in highschool), Elton and Donavan.

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October is upon us and hopefully so is Summer! This month we release two new vintages and are proud to be the official Wine Tourism Destination of the Year! We are part of Cook Franschhoek and Shaun shares his Blue Cheese & Biltong recipe to pair with a World Cup Rugby 2011 game and some Cape Jazz Shiraz!  If you haven’t booked your year end function yet – think Solms-Delta. We have a new tent at Fyndraai for bigger events and our small lake and private picnic spots are perfect for summer parties! Don’t forget to order wine via our eShop – we offer free delivery within SA.
Click here to view our October Newsletter.

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Following a very successful run in June, Cook Franschhoek (Summer Edition) will run from 7-9 October 2011. Fyndraai’s contribution to this will be a demonstration by Chef Shaun Schoeman on how to make a crusty smoked trout starter and two main courses, Karoo Lamb ribs with wild herbs, and creamy vegetable risotto. He will also introduce participants to the best wine pairing ideas for these dishes. Once your taste-buds have been tickled it will be time to dine on these dishes, and end your meal with a rooibos, coconut, lemon and honey-flavoured dessert. (To view the detailed menu click here.) Chef Shaun is an expert at blending indigenous plants and flavours to suit contemporary tastes. Now you too can learn how to do this. Only 30 people will be able to attend so you are assured of an interesting experience with fellow foodies and the most creative chef we know!
Cost: R250. Date: Saturday 8th October. Time: 12h00
Email restaurant@solms-delta.co.za or call 021 874 3937. To book through webtickets click here. 

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In September we were recognised as the Wine Tourism Destination of the Year as the winner at the Cape Winelands District Municipality Mayoral Tourism Awards event. We are delighted to receive this accolade and thank all who have contributed to our success.

The Solms-Delta stand at the Johannesburg Wine Show 2011 last month was voted as Favourite Stand by the many visitors attending the event! Thank you Jozi!

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New Releases

AFRICANA 2005 & GEMOEDSRUS 2010

Following rave reviews – both local and international – of our flagship wine, Africana, we held some of the 2005 vintage back to release when it was matured further. It is now on sale but there is very limited stock. Africana is an extraordinarily rich wine, deep concentrated and tannic, with smoky oak flavours. Shiraz grapes were desiccated on the vine and, after harvest, fermented as whole bunches with the stalks. Available for R385. Click here to read more about it.

After quickly selling out of our 2009 release of Gemoedsrus – its many fans will be delighted to see the 2010 is now on shelf! This is a dark black fortified Shiraz, with raisin and toasted almond aromas, dark bitter chocolate on the palate, medium sweetness and awell rounded finish. An innovative approach to fortified wine; not a traditional Port. Shiraz grapes were desiccated on the vine and allowed to dehydrate until 40% of the moisture evaporated. Grappa was used to fortify the wine. R250 with gift cylinder and R220 without. For more information click here.

Both wines are available at the estate or order through our eShop (free delivery within South Africa).

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The Music van de Caab Heritage Development Project of Solms-Delta had the singular honour of being invited to provide music for the yearly ATKV Woordveertjies Award Ceremony on September 9th 2011. This ceremony honours the best new Afrikaans book publications every year, and this year the quality of work was exceptionally good. It was a very festive occasion, held on the farm Nooitgedacht near Stellenbosch.

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Solms-Delta is offering visitors a chance to journey through the Cape’s culinary past on Heritage Day (24th September, and also Sunday 25th). Guests can taste for themselves the culinary traditions of the Cape through a the Heritage Menu that will be on offer (to view a pdf of the menu click here).

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