Wineries of Bot River celebrate together! 9 – 11 September 2011
A fabulous weekend celebrating the advent of Spring for wine lovers, nature lovers and families to get together for the good-time event of the year with gastronomy, tastings, entertaining activities , local artists and so much more.
Our line up this year kicks off with the [...]

You’ll never put a betta bit o’ Botrivier in your glass!
by Cathy Marston …read more on food24.com

Well known four times winner of the Comrades marathon Vladimir Kotov is the quest 21km participant of the 6th Botrivier Van der Stel Pass Challenge on Saturday 30 October 2010.
Vladimir won the race in 2009 and has been invited to defend his title with stiff competition expected this year. The race starts and finishes on [...]

The community of Bot River is actively involved in investing in the future of their children. BEF  (Bot River Education Foundation)is a voluntary association established in 2005 with the aim to motivate and encourage students in the Bot River community to study in the fields of engineering, accounting and medicine by a carefully constructed mentoring [...]

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A fabulous weekend celebrating the advent of Spring and Rosé created by the Bot River winemakers targeted at the pink wine buying market.
Participating wine estates will celebrate Rosé by hosting an appropriately pink event with gastronomy, competitions, tastings, blendings, amusing activities [...]

‘Shunting’ is a railroad term for when the train changes from one track to another, and this little spot in Botrivier certainly shunted my perception of the sleepy town of Botrivier. I’d been there a few times to visit Beaumont wines (always a worthwhile visit) and had passed through several more, but nothing had caught [...]

So I was so excited by the pizza and Birkenhead at the Shunting Shed in Botrivier last time, I decided to go back – with reinforcements. So I planned along with several others to spend a Saturday afternoon watching rugby there, which is what we did. We arrived. We ordered some Birkenhead. Sold out. Some [...]

On the 31st October hundred of entrants are expected to line the start of the 5th Botrivier van der Stel Pass Challenge. The 2009 race promises to be the biggest yet.So fasten your tekkies and head off to the historic Botrivier Station for the start – just ½hr drive from Somerset West. The race caters [...]

The biggest challenge to the Bot River harvest is usually the birds that swoop in to feast on the flavoursome grapes. We don’t mind the odd feast, if only they wouldn’t messily pick here and there and damage so many grapes! This invasion aside, Bot River’s harvest in 2009 was a superb one, and began [...]

Sample some of the best wines from the Walker Bay & Overberg districts on 28 March from 11:00 to 17:00 & 29 March from 11:00 to 15:00 at the Wijnhuis, De Wet Centre Courtyard, Church Street, Stellenbosch
PARTICIPATING WINE PRODUCERS
Catherine Marshall Wines | Elgin Vintners | Iona Vineyards | Oak Valley Wines Paul Cluver Estate Wines [...]