Wacky Wine Weekend: 6 - 8 June 2008

If you've ever considered going to the Wacky Wine Weekend, but each year it passes you by then do yourself a favour and diarise it for next year. If you're fussy in terms of accommodation then you'll need to book accommodation now already for 2009!

If on the other hand, you're ok with sleeping in a tent for the weekend, then we highly recommend booking a camp spot at Arabella. It's the place to end off on the Friday and Saturday evening as they have a great live band - Fishbowl - that plays until the wee hours of the morning. they are awesome and sound better and better with each bottle of Arabella Shiraz consumed. At R30 per bottle, it's a bargain not to be missed.

The camping is for Freeee. The wine tasting for the weekend will cost you R40 for a passport which entitles you tastings at all the wine farms that partake in the Weekend. We visited 12 wine farms - our favourites were: Viljoensdrift, Excelsior, Mooiuitsig, Arabella

My advise - diarise this event for 2009. It's well worth it:-)