With harvest time around the corner, it is time to make plans to head out to the Robertson Wine Valley to experience the ‘magic of harvest’. After the success of last year’s inaugural event, the Valley’s Hands-On-Harvest is definitely an event not to be missed!

This year’s Hands-On-Harvest will be taking place from Friday, 26 February, until Sunday, 28 February 2010, and this boutique fun-filled family event promises to offer a wide variety of activities that will appeal to wine lovers and budding vintners.

Here are just a ‘handful’ of the myriad of activities on offer at the 2010 Hands-On-Harvest. One can:

  • Experience the excitement of harvesting one’s own grapes;

  • Master the art of wine-making;

  • Enjoy a sumptuous farm breakfast while overlooking the vineyards;

  • Take a ‘breakfast boat trip’ on the Breede River;

  • Make a family event of grape-stomping;

  • Adopt a vine and make one’s own barrel of wine;

  • Take part in a wine-tasting on horseback or by horse-and-cart;

  • Take a tractor trip through the vineyards and experience the landscape from a different vantage point;

  • Picnic in the vineyards;

  • Relish an abundant ‘harvest-lunch’ while sipping on the fizz of award-winning bubblies;

  • Be treated to an engaging discussion on ‘Grape vs Wine’ and discover the difference between grapes, and the corresponding wine flavours;

  • Learn the ins-and-outs of ‘Graping in the Kitchen’, and make verjuice, moskonfyt, cordial and vinegar;

  • Enjoy live entertainment in the vineyards;

  • Shop at leisure and spoil oneself at the Harvest Market;

  • Be educated through informative talks and demonstrations;

  • Savour cocktails at leisure in the vineyards;

  • Treat oneself to spa-vine therapy, using only grape-seed products;

  • Indulge oneself at the Harvest Spit-braai;

  • Relish a delicious, bountiful Harvest Dinner prepared by a Master Chef.

    • As some of the wineries participating in ‘Hands-on-Harvest’ are not ordinarily open to the public, the focus will be on hosting a series of intimate events. This ensures that guests enjoy the best, most personalised and ‘hands-on’ experiences.


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