Last month I posted about The KLINK Awards, which have been launched by Wine Tourism South Africa, publishers of the Wine Tourism Handbook, with the objective of inspiring South Africans to explore and enjoy the experiences offered by the country’s winelands.
A panel of industry-related professionals nominated the top five finalists in each of the KLINK Awards’ fourteen categories. Your job was to go to the Wine Tourism South Africa website , Facebook or Twitter pages, see which top wineland spots are amongst the nominees and vote. The full list of categories is available on the website and the winners in each will be announced on the 25th of October.
On the 1st of November the country’s inaugural Wine Tourism South Africa #KLINK Awards will take place in Cape Town. Here the cream of the winelands crop will be recognised for their offerings in various categories – based solely on your experiences, as the consumer and feedback from you, received via email, Facebook and Twitter.
The event will be held at the De Waterkant Centre, headquarters of dhk Architects whose award-winning work has included several wineries such as Delaire Graff in Stellenbosch, Almenkerk in the Elgin Valley and most recently, Mulderbosh in Stellenbosch. Derick Henstra, Executive Chairman of the dhk Group, is also a wine connoisseur who has translated his love for wine into a growing resume of wine boutiques.
“The #KLINK Awards have given consumers a much-needed voice in determining which wine farms and routes are deserving of recognition based on their own experiences with them.~ Derick Henstra
I love Stellenbosch wineries, been there many times. Have tweeed this giveaway and shared to facebook. Twittername: online61524
My favourite wine farm is The Nederburg Wine estate. And it could be because it was the first wine farm we visited when we relocated to Cape Town. The weather was perfect and the tour was extremely informative. At least now I know that red wine does not come from red grapes and white wine from white grapes! My favourite wine is the 2011 Winemaster’s Reserve Special Late Harvest. Njam njam njam!
I have shared and tweeted (@RoechiStew) 🙂
My favourite wine farm is the Diemersfontein Wine & Country Estate which is only a 45 minutes drive from Cape Town and is situated near the Cape’s famous Wine Routes! Why do I love this specific wine farm? Well, because one can wine, dine and stay on this wine farm, it’s relatively close to my home plus I just love their events, especially the Pinotage on Tap Festival, it being one of my favourites 🙂 The Diemersfontein Pinotage wine is my all time favourite wine too with its chocolate/coffee taste, YUMMY!!!! I absolutely LOVE this wine farm and would seriously LOVE to win a copy of the Wine Tourism Handbook! My twitter name: @karientjie16 My e-mail: [email protected] Holding thumbs I win! Thx for this super awesome competition! Good luck everyone 🙂
Rustenburg Wine Estate – super cool wine tastings in a delux environment and the best looking cows outside.
Fairveiw Wine Estate – who does not like all you can eat cheese and wine tastings – my daughter loves the goats and fish.
My whole family loves visiting the winelands – we have a set route first stop Spier for a refreshment break and to see the cheetahs (unfortunately not there anymore) then next stop Simonsig – which has amazing tastings – or Backsburg for their Sparkling wines, through to Boschendal – their picnics are great and the buildings are beautiful, or Fairview for the best Goats Cheese and Wines and then back via the Simonsig Factory shop in Stellenbosh (not a wine place but great to stock up on cheese to go with all the wine we bought)
But we need some new ideas so would love to win this book.
Hi there and thank you for this giveaway!
My favourite is Fairveiw Wine Estate! :)))