New venue charms patrons with breezy wine experience

WINE NOTES: Visitors to the farm are pampered with a prime selection of boutique wines accompanied by sumptuous food platters.

Events

• The Cape Fine & Rare Wine Auction, previously called Nederburg Auction, will take place at the Rupert Museum on Saturday May 22. The event, which attracts ‘The Who’s Who’ of South African wine industry and overseas collectors, offers exclusive vintages from local producers much coveted because of their rarity and finesse.

• Johannesburg Culinary and Pastry School will host a dinner for foodies dubbed “Eat With Us – Chef’s Table” in the city on May 22. The school’s chefs create dining settings where diners “can meet new people, share stories and laughs while enjoying a fine dining experience inspired by cultures locally and internationally”. The dinner costs R500 a person. The school is situated on 85 Commissioner Street, Marshalltown.

• The Hartebeespoort-based Incedo Distillery will host a Gin & Rum tasting, which include of its premises, on Saturday May 22. Visitors will be offered tasting options involving both spirits with chocolate and a variety of gin and rum cocktails. Tasting packages range between R60 and R180, all happening between 11am and 5pm. The distillery is situated on Plot 91, Rietfontein.

• A fun day for women’s only, spiced up with spirits and other genres, will take place at Sorex Estate in Centurion on Saturday May 22. The day will kick off with 5km fun run, ending with a party themed “Women’s Wine and Gin Run”. Tickets cost R200. The event starts at 8am and ends at 6pm.