Happening this week in Stellenbosch

16&21 August 2010
Live performances at Aan de Braak Theatre: 16th The Gypsy Jazz band Manouche performs. R30.00, 19h30. 21st Willem Welsyn performs. R30.00, 21h00.

18 August 2010
Helena Hettema: A performance by singer & pianist Helena Hettema featuring a wide range of songs in different languages. R90.00, 20h30. Dorpstraat Restaurant Teatre.

20 August 2010
Music, Dinner & Dance: Stanlislav Angelov, Ollie Viljoen & Schalk Joubert play classic European, Argentine tango & African music. Smart casual. R200.00 includes 3 course meal, 19h00. Flavours Restaurant, Devon Valley

20 August 2010
Syd Kitchen & Lucky Fonz: Durban-based singer, songwriter, guitarrist & poet Syd Kitch performs with Lucky Fonz, a singer & songwriter originally from Amsterdam’s underground scene. R40.00. 20h30. Dorpstraat Teatre, Summerhill Estate.

21 August 2010
Plush: A live performance by Plush at this theatre in the central business district. R40, 19h00. Indoor theatre. Klein Libertas Teatre

21 & 22 August 2010
Steeneveld Family Market: A variety of family stalls, ample parking. Free wine tasting and big screen to view sports. Steeneveld Farm, Bottelary Rd. 09h00-15h00


Spa special Winter Warmer
Full body exfoliation, Aromatic spa bath and Appetizer facial
R550.00
1h15min

Live Performances

Art

Rodin Exhibition at the Rupert Museum
26 bronze sculptures including the famous works The Thinker, The Kiss and the Cathedral

Family

Waterford "Big Five Wine Drive"

Understand the cycles of vine management as you drive through the magnificent vineyards tasting wines amongst the very vines where the grapes where picked.

Warwick Picnics
Rolling lawns and a child friendly location make this ideal for a lazy afternoon of good wine and good food

Stellenbosch Wine Festival 1-5 July 2010

Special routes that suit your taste

Participants to visit

Fly in, Park 'n Ride or drive yourself

Festival Highlights & Daily Programme

Discover a symphony of cuisine...

Some play and art for the young at heart

Local is lekker and its lekker to be local

Wine and what? Taste the unexpected!

Discover your adventurous wild side

Cape Town shuttles

Classical Music Receitals

MAGALHÃES MUSICAL MOMENTS

Following a number of highly acclaimed appearances at the recent Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival, Portuguese pianist, Luis Magalhães, presents Musical Moments; a collection of gems for solo piano. The concert forms part of the prestigious Endler Concert Series and takes place in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University on 31 July at 20:00.

Magalhães is not only well known as a soloist and lecturer at Stellenbosch University, but also as a partner in TwoPianists, the internationally acclaimed piano duo with his wife Nina Schumann. Apart from their concerts, TwoPianists Records has also won world wide recognition for a number of CDs including swooping up the only classical music SAMA award in 2010. Two Pianists Records now enjoys global distribution through NAXOS.

The first part of the concert will be an all Schubert affair featuring the Allegretto in c, D 915 and the well known Moments Musicaux, D 780. This collection of six movements is, along with his impromptus, arguably his most frequently played solo piano music and combines a wide variety of tempi and colours to form a well balanced and most beautiful collection. In the second half of the concert Magalhães will enchant with the sounds and textures of French impressionism, performing works by Ravel and Debussy. The preludes of Debussy, a number of which will be played here, conjure up imaginative and colorful scenes from the beautiful streets of Paris to surreal and hazy scenes of nature.

Tickets are available at Computicket outlets countrywide or on 083 915 8000. Prices at R85 and student/pensioner tickets R65, exclude a Computicket service charge. Box office at the Endler Hall will open at 19:00 on the night. For further enquiries, please call the Endler Hall Concert Series on 021 808 2343 during office hours.

AUGUST
PIANO
7 20:00 Young-Choon Park (piano) Endler R85; R65
CHAMBER MUSIC
14 20:00 Cape Town Brass Quintet Endler R95; R75
ORCHESTRAL
20-21 20:00 USSO Endler R95; R75
Corvin Matei (conductor)
Beethoven Piano Concertos
(piano: Nina Schumann, Luis Magalhães, Franklin Larey,
Bennie van Eeden, Albie van Schalkwyk, François du Toit)
CHAMBER MUSIC
28 20:00 Odeion String Quartet & David Earl (piano) Endler R95; R75
insluitend wêreld-première van David Earl se Klavierkwintet
including world premier of David Earl Piano Quintet
SEPTEMBER
CHORAL
2 20:00 Schola Cantorum: Chamber Choir Endler R85; R65
Rudolf de Beer (conductor)
ORCHESTRAL
17 20:00 USSBE Endler R95; R75
Pamela Kierman (conductor)
including Rutter Gloria
Schola Cantorum: Soloists Choir
Rudolf de Beer (conductor)
CHORAL
18 20:00 Athesinus Consort (Berlin) Endler R85; R65
Klaus-Martin Bresgott (conductor)

29-30 Stellenbosch National Ensemble Competition
OCTOBER
ORCHESTRAL
2 20:00 USSO Endler R95; R75
Corvin Matei (conductor)
Schumann "Genoveva" Overture
Brahms 1st Symphony
T Ranja Violin Concerto (world premier)
Suzanne Martens (violin)
/ PIANO
4 20:00 UCT/US Piano Exchange Endler R20;
Students free

MATINÉE
9 16:30 Beautiful Baroque III Endler R85; R65
featuring staff & students from the Dept of Music
CHAMBER MUSIC
16 20:00 KEMUS Fismer R95; R75
"Minimalisme" Reich: Drumming

19 Lionel Bowman Beethoven-prize

21-22 Mabel Quick Scholarship Competition
NOVEMBER
PIANO
6 20:00 Mariangela Vacatello (piano) Endler R85; R65
The Endler Concert Series reserves the right to alter programmes as may become necessary.

Stellenbosch Market

It is here ... The popular Stellenbosch Fresh Goods market at the historical Oude Libertas wine estate is the leading gourmet food market in the Cape Winelands and has launched a special celebratory Food and Wine Fair from the 1st to 4th July 2010 as part of the Stellenbosch Wine Festival. We have extended our business hours from 11h00 to 21h00 daily to bring to the World the finest and largest selection of the Cape winelands local foods, restaurants, fresh produce, award winning wines, original design, art and authentic South African entertainment, all in one stop.

Beat the fest crowds and come to the fresh country oak-lined piazza and vineyards of the Oude Libertas and taste the Cuisines of the World paired with wine selections from the Stellenbosch American Express Wine Routes. Partake in chocolate-making and champagne and food pairing workshops. Park your car to use the shuttle bus service to visit the farms.

The Amphitheatre will showcase daily a fringe selection of local performing artists, music, drumming and dancing, so bring your cushions and sit back and enjoy the shows.

Come kids gear up for soccer games, flag face painting, diski dancing, buddy bear, novelty items and come laugh with the famous Eggman. As for the serious coach potatoes prepare to laze back in front of a big screen TV beer in hand. Shop at The Hearth Fair designer market for local organic craft and emerging design. The winelands is the place to be to show the world the true spirit of Africa!

Thurs 1st July Sat 3rd July : 11h00 to 21h00
Sunday 4th July : 11h00 to 17h00

TICKET SALES: R50 Entry Adult/Children under the age of 12 Free
Wine Festival Pass holders will be discounted
(Marquee Tent, heaters and cozi fires come rain or shine)

Stellenbosch Of Course

Stellenbosch is the 2nd oldest town in South Africa.
The early settlers to this fertile region were encouraged to plant oak trees and Stellenboschs oak lanes streets bear testimony today in the town being know as “Eikestad ” village of oaks.
Some of the oaks have been proclaimed national monuments.
Dorp Street has one of the longest rows of old buildings surviving in any major town in southern Africa.
Most of the buildings date from the 19th century.
In 1859 the theological seminary was established in Stellenbosch, leading to Stellenbosch ’s proud heritage as leading educational centre.
Stellenbosch is virtually surrounded by beautiful mountains. They are the Helderberg, Stellenbosch Mountain, Jonkershoek Valley and Simonsberg, which is connected to Botmaskop and the rest of the Jonkershoek mountains by the saddle of Helshoogte.
South Africa currently has 101 957 hectares under vines, of which approximately 18 is planted in the wine of origin Stellenbosch region.
Stellenbosch Wine Routes was the first wine route ever formed in South Africa, in 1971
Stellenbosch Wine Routes is now the largest of all the South African wine routes in terms of number of members in excess of 140
Stellenbosch was voted South Africa ’s favourite wine route for a second year in a row in a recent public survey conducted by a leading magazine.
Stellenbosch has the most wine awards per capita/wine than any other region in South Africa!

Stellenbosch Wine Routing

We gladly share the following guidelines and tips with you to ensure that your visit will be enjoyable and memorable. These guidelines are intended for visitors and are not rigidly set in stone. Each cellar may operate on a different system.

Where do I start?
1. Decide which cellar you wish to visit.
2. You will need at least one hour for each wine farm you visit.
3. Try to join at least one cellar tour, as you will find it most informative.
4. Consult the provided MAPS.
5. Decide where you want to enjoy lunch. We suggest you arrive between 12h30 and 13h30 as most restaurants do not serve lunch after 15h00.
6. Arrive at your last cellar at least and hour before closing time to ensure that you can still taste their wines.
7. Appoint a designated driver and drive safely.


I'm here, what now?

1. Most cellars request that you buy a glass to taste their wines. They usually do not allow tasting out of any other glass other than those sold by them. You can collect glasses as souvenirs.
2. Each cellar has a limit to the amount of wine you may taste. Ask the tasting room assistant.
3. Taste dry white wines first, proceed to red wines and sample sweeter wines last. Sparkling wines can be enjoyed in between to clean your palate. The tasting order will allow your palate to progress naturally.
4. Do not swallow all wines tasted! Spit the wine into the spittoons provided in the tasting room.
5. Smoking is not allowed in tasting rooms.
6. Some cellars will serve you at the table and others may only serve at the tasting counter. Ask your tasting room assistant.

How to purchase wine

1.Most cellars allow you to buy mixed cases of wine.
2.Wine can be delivered to your door on request.
3.Most cellars offer secure packaging for air cargo.
4.Remember that wine is a perfect and unique gift from the region.