CELLAR RATS
SPRING WINE FESTIVAL
benefiting Woodland
School
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Sunday 7
September - 11.00am to 3.00pm
at the “Old Mill”, Magaliesberg
The Spring Wine Festival, will be held on Sunday 7th
September, in aid of the Woodland School in Magaliesberg.
Our emphasis is on tasting South Africa 's best wines in a
tranquil outdoor setting. To this end, more than 100 producers will present in
excess of 600 products for the adult tasters’ enjoyment. This
is a family festival, with supervised entertainment for children
whilst the parents relax and enjoy the wines in the countryside.
We
rely primarily on word-of-mouth to advertise this event, so we would greatly
appreciate it if you could find a spot to give us a mention in your publication.
Pictures available on request.
About This Event
In 2001, 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.
Since then the Cellar Rats Spring
Wine Festival has become a major draw card for weekend-tourism to the
Magaliesberg area. Drawing 2500+ visitors & participants, mostly from
Johannesburg and the surrounds - but
some from as far as Botswana & Cape Town - the family festival seeks to
promote an ethos of "good living".
This family festival is held at the historic “Old Mill", on the banks of the picturesque Magalies River, approx. 35 minutes from Jhb's Northern Suburbs. The atmosphere is relaxed and convivial, and visitors are encouraged to stretch out and enjoy the lush green lawns, shady trees and cool spring breeze, whilst enjoying some of the finest wines
Our emphasis is on tasting
Sunday 7th September 2014 - Gates open at 11h00. The festival runs from 11h00 to 15h00.
Relax and enjoy huge shady trees, lush green grass and an abundance of birdlife, while your kids have fun in the great outdoors! Jumping Castles & Supervised Entertainment for children will be available.
Children’s activities
Jumping castle, water-slide, and supervised entertainment
for children arranged by Happy Acres, including a snake display; sport
activities; crab catching; animal & plant displays and much more. All of
this for a nominal fee of R10 per child.
Entertainment
Live music on the day will be provided by Dusty Moon.
Designated Drivers get in free
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.
Bus
Transfers
Bus transfers arranged by Sunset Travel. Contact Cliff
- cliff@sunsetbushire.co.za;
011 900-3607 / 083 444 6060
Meal Information
Food and Refreshments will be available at the venue. Delicious picnic baskets suitable for two adults are sold to raise funds for the
Please Note
In support of the school fundraising, no cooler boxes,
picnic baskets or braais will be allowed in - Refreshments & food will be on
sale. Blankets, chairs & sun
umbrellas are allowed.
Price Information
Adult
Taster : R105.00 (includes
complimentary tasting glass) / R120 at the entrance
Children’s Admission: R10.00 (Children from 3 years)
Picnic Basket 2 Adults: R210 (does NOT include tasting ticket)
Children’s Admission: R10.00 (Children from 3 years)
Picnic Basket 2 Adults: R210 (does NOT include tasting ticket)
Vegetarian
Picnic Basket 2 Adults: R210 (does NOT include tasting ticket)
Picnic
Basket 1 Child: R37
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 crinfo@cellarrats.co.za or
082 571 2753
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
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 SPRING WINE FESTIVAL
From
Pretoria
1.
Take N14 towards Krugersdorp. Follow from Step 3 above.
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