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Sunday 25th May – 11am to 3pm
At the “Old Mill”, Magaliesberg

About This Event
Thirteen years ago, Woodland School in Magaliesberg approached Cellar Rats Wine Tasting Club to assist them with an annual fund raising event, and the Cellar Rats Spring Wine Festival was born. Five years ago we realized that there is no festival in Joburg to showcase the Fortified wines produced in South Africa, so we decided to produce a Port and Sherry festival, which has been renamed as the Port & Red Wine Festival.

Now in its 6th year, the Cellar Rats Port & Red Wine Festival still promotes an ethos of "good living".

This family festival is held at the historic “Old Mill", on the banks of the picturesque Magalies River, approx. 40 minutes from Jhb's Northern Suburbs.  The atmosphere is relaxed and convivial, and several bonfires will be provided around the venue for warming you up once the sun starts setting and for toasting marshmallows.

Our emphasis is on tasting South Africa's best fortified and red wines in a great outdoor setting. To this end, more than 50 producers will present in excess of 140 products for your enjoyment.

Sunday 25th May 2014 - Gates open at 11h00. The festival runs from 11h00 to 15h00.
Relax and taste these great Fortified and red wines, while your kids have fun in the great outdoors!   Jumping Castles & Supervised Entertainment for children will be available.


Children’s activities
Jumping castle and supervised entertainment for children arranged by Happy Acres, including sport activities; animal & plant displays and much more.

Entertainment
Live music on the day will be provided by Dusty Moon.

Designated Drivers
At our inaugural festival in 2001, Cellar Rats Wine Club introduced the policy that Designated Drivers get in free. To our knowledge we are still the only wine festival who offers this to our patrons.


Meal Information
Food and Refreshments will be available at the venue.
Delicious hot foods (curry and rice, meat & vegetarian soups, etc) are sold to raise funds for the Woodland school.

Price Information
Adult Taster : R105.00   (includes complimentary tasting glass) / R120 at the entrance
Children’s Admission: R10.00 (Children from 3 years)

ALL tickets available through COMPUTICKET – book online at www.computicket.com

Directions & more information: www.winefestival.co.za / 082 571 2753 / festival@cellarrats.co.za

Disabled facilities
There is a drop off facility for Disabled or elderly at main entrance by prior arrangement with info@cellarrats.co.za or 082 571 2753

Please Note
In support of the school fundraising, no cooler boxes, food, picnic baskets or braais will be allowed in - Refreshments & food will be on sale.   Blankets, chairs & sun umbrellas are allowed.

Woodland School
Woodland school is a non-subsidised, non-profit rural school in Magaliesburg. This community run school was established in 1999. Since its inception Woodland School has been able to keep the school fees affordable for the local community by running fundraisers and appealing for donations. The school has a bursary system and at the moment we support a number of children on two different bursary schemes.

The school arranges 3 fundraisers every year. The purpose of these fundraisers is to support the development of the school. Projects we have tackled in the past include building new classrooms, building a new toilet block, equipping a modern computer centre, stocking a library and leveling a sport and athletics field. The school has also been able to buy very good textbooks and readers for the children at the school. All of these projects would have been impossible to tackle without fundraising money. The results of our fundraising has had a major effect on the overall educational experience for the children at our school.


Directions:
GPS Coordinates: S26° 00.485’ , E27° 33.913’

From Johannesburg Northern Suburbs
1.      Take Beyers Naude (ex-DF Malan) north past Honeydew.
2.      Take the N14 highway (extension of R28), towards Krugersdorp
3.      At traffic lights turn RIGHT to stay on the N14.
4.      Follow N14 for 10km until T-junction (opp. Oak Tree Garage).
5.      Turn RIGHT. At Fork in road keep right, following the Hekpoort Road and Maropeng signs.
6.      Continue up steep hill, and then turn left towards MAROPENG CRADLE OF HUMAN KIND.
7.      Continue on this road, passing Maropeng on RHS. At stop street turn right onto R24.
8.      Pass Corriloch Fish Farm on left hand side.
9.      Look for “PARKING” signs on right hand side of road as you go through sharp bend (opposite Happy Acres).  
10.  Turn right into PARKING. Park and follow directions to CELLAR RATS WINE FESTIVAL

From Pretoria

1.      Take N14 towards Krugersdorp. Follow from Step 3 above.

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