Round up family and friends for a culinary high jink to the Durbanville Wine Valley, just 20 minutes from Cape Town CBD, for a Soup & Sip weekend from August 13.
Wineries across the region have prepared special menus paired with local wines for the event, as they look forward to welcoming visitors back to the winelands.
Among the delights served up will be smoked yellowtail and mussel chowder served with pinotage; a hearty beef and vegetable potjie, slow-cooked in red wine; and, a brie and fig soup paired with noble late harvest. Each farm has compiled its own offering, which varies from a quick stop-and-eat to sit-down lunches – with the emphasis on spacious, open-air dining in the countryside, and limited numbers.
“We’re super excited about this event,” says Durbanville Wine Valley (DWV) manager Natasha de Villiers. “The past months have been tough on everyone, and we see this as an opportunity to re-connect.
“Durbanville’s history was shaped from hospitality, as a watering place that offered relief to travellers in days before cars and even wagons. Soup & Sip re-affirms this at a time when some warmth and sense of community is most welcome.”
The event is especially family-friendly this year, with the incorporation of delightful kiddies’ “pairings” available at venues, says Natasha.
Wineries participating in Soup & Sip 2021, from August 13 to 15, are:
- De Grendel
- Durbanville Hills
- Nitida
- Bloemendal
- Canto
- D’Aria
- Diemersdal
- Groot Phesantekraal
- Klein Roosboom
- Maastricht
- Meerendal
- Signal Gun
Bookings for Soup & Sip must be made in advance and with individual participating farms. Soup & Sip menus and pricing will be posted on the Durbanville Wine Valley Facebook page and website.
