Franschhoek brings music, food and wine to Johannesburg

As Franschhoek comes to Johannesburg this August with the inaugural Franschhoek Food and Wine Festival at Montecasino, you can look forward to a plethora of smells, sights, sounds and tastes.

For the weekend of 28 to 30 August visitors in and around Gauteng will be able to tickle their taste buds with four of SA's culinary capital's finest restaurants, as well as 15 of the valley's top wine farms. Adding extra French flair, Franschhoek's chocolatiers, pâtissiers and cheese producers will provide an authentic gastronomic and sensory experience.

Expect to see the following Franschhoek establishments at what promises to become a social calendar highlight:

Restaurants, cheese producers and chocolatiers

Boschendal Restaurant & Deli
Bread & Wine
Foliage Restaurant
Fromage de France
Grande Provence Estate - The Restaurant
Huguenot Fine Chocolates
Paulina's Restaurant at Rickety Bridge
Pierneef à La Motte

Wine farms

Anthonij Rupert Wyne
Black Elephant Vintners
Boekenhoutskloof Winery
Boschendal
Chamonix Wines
Glenwood
Grande Provence Estate
Haute Cabrière - the home of Pierre Jourdan
La Bri
La Motte
Lynx Wines
Morena (Franschhoek Pass Winery)
Môreson
Rickety Bridge Winery
Stony Brook

Completing the perfect wine and culinary experience, the Johannesburg Symphonic Orchestra will keep visitors entertained with their velvety notes.

Tickets are priced from R150 per person and can be purchased directly from www.itickets.co.za. For more details visit Franschhoek Food and Wine Festival or Facebook and @FHKFoodWineFest.