South Africa’s premier wine festival, the Stellenbosch Wine Festival 2018, returned this weekend and ran from Friday until today, with the 3-day event offering the best of the Stellenbosch Wine Routes and now also doing cashless cards to do tastings.
The Stellenbosch Wine Festival ran from Friday 23 Feburary to Sunday 25 February at the picturesque Coetzenburg sport
grounds and this year included a tiered approach in terms of a general wine
tasting experience, as well as a premium wine tasting experience.
In the general tier, visitors could taste and buy wines from 60 wine farms. A ticket costing R150 on Friday and
R190 on Saturday and Sunday included a branded wine glass and a cashless
card with 20 pre-loaded tastings.
The premium wine tasting experience costing
R350 includes award-winning Stellenbosch wine of origin wines, seven
cultivar-themed tables and a chance to meet the winemakers, a branded wine
glass for tasting, and a cashless card with 30 free pre-loaded tastings, as
well as a Charcuterie platter per person.
The Stellenbosch Wine Festival sponsored by Pick n Pay had a Gourmet Food Lane with live
entertainment and again a really great kids play area (2 – 12 years) with a lot of activities
where children can be dropped off for a period of time and will be looked after
and entertained. Children under 18 can enter the festival for free.
The Stellenbosch Wine Festival has now, in
keeping with contemporary trends, switched to a cashless system, allowing
visitors to enjoy the festival with a safe and manageable event currency
solution.
“Every stand you purchase from, whether
you’re buying wine by the bottle or food from Gourmet Lane, will be set up with
a point of sale system that works like a debit card,” says the festival.
The cashless card is included in the ticket
price and comes pre-loaded with either 20 or 30 tastings, depending on the
ticket package bought.
Cards that run out of credit or tasting
coupons can be reloaded at the branded cashless area.
