Swirl your glass and let your eyeballs boggle at Wine Laid Bare! It’s tantalising, it’s naughty, it’s playful and it’s definitely going to be a lot of fun. Visit Rugby legends Hempies du Toit, Schalk Burger Senior and Jan Boland Coetzee to talk wine and rugby. Taste, try & buy wines in a fun, relaxed & interactive environment and take part in the Wine Laid Bare photography competition (it's a charitable deed!).
The Wine Show Jo'burg is South Africa's fastest growing wine show with over 130 Estates participating. Learn about wine and wine-making in our Wine Theatre, or brush up on the latest food and wine pairing tips in the Friends for Dinner Theatre. The Wine Show is relaxed, fun and informal with plenty to do from Boules and Virtual Golf to sushi and cocktails. Whether you're a connoisseur eager to taste new wines, or a novice wanting to learn about all things wine, The Jo'burg Wine Show has something you!
Splash out at the 'Whole 9 Yards' vintage tasting. It is often said that a glass of wine can transport the drinker back to the very time and place the grapes were growing. Each grape presents a unique “time capsule” capturing the air, sunshine, rain and energy from the vineyard and the year in which it grew.
Can you picture going back to 1909 to taste Armagnac from the year Errol Flynn was born? How about savouring an iconic wine from grapes grown in the Ukraine while Hitler’s tanks rolled East through Poland in 1939? A Meursault from 1969, the year Concorde had its first test flight, Richard Nixon entered the White House and the summer of love, which saw the legendary Woodstock Festival? How often does anyone get the chance to taste the exact same wines likely to have been on the list at Al Capone’s favourite haunts or the exact Burgundies Wall Street tycoons would have been crying into during the Great Crash of 1929?
Internationally trained sommelier Jörg Pfützner will present an exclusive tasting session featuring superlative vintages from around the world from Spain to France, across to Germany and Ukraine and down to South Africa. Note: The Whole Nine Yards will be presented in the Wine Theatre on Friday, 29 May, at 19h00. Tickets cost R8,900 per person (VAT inclusive) and include full weekend passes to The Wine Show. Numbers are limited and booking is essential. For bookings and more information, e-mail natalie@wineshow.co.za. Tickets for this exclusive tasting are NOT available via Computicket.
Need to know? Venue: Hall 5, Gallagher Convention Centre, 19 Richards Drive, Midrand Show Times: Friday 29th May 5pm – 9pm Saturday 30th May 12pm – 9pm Sunday 31st May 12pm – 6pm Ticket Costs: Tickets will be available for R95 at the door or through Computicket for a discounted rate of R90. Weekend passes offered for R140.