Food Wine Design Fair. Yes!
From 26 – 28 November 2010 it’s the first Food Wine Design Fair on the roof-top of the Hyde Park Shopping Centre – celebrating and showcasing what top South Africans are producing in these three fields.
Food. Wine. Design. These are the things that excite me!
I’m told that the 5000 square metre roof-surface (that has views over the east and north of Joburg), will be transformed with tents, theatre lighting, a massive dining area and landscaping to compliment!
How is this event different?
For starters it’s the first event to combine food, wine and design – all lifestyle areas that converge on high quality production and craftsmanship. Second, each producer has been hand-picked and the number of participants has been limited to focus on the best and most unique. In the third instance, by creating the venue on the roof of the Hyde Park Shopping centre we can all do some night-time shopping with an atmosphere that no convention centre could ever achieve.
Event Highlight!
Jorgensen’s Distillery, run by Roger and Dawn Jorgensen, will be launching South Africa’s first absinthe!
Our Field of Dreams Absinthe which is set for release in mid November 2010, is distilled in small batches from home grown organic herbs, especially wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) together with anise, fennel and angelica in the finest traditions of the French masters – to an 1871 recipe. The colouring herbs used to create the vibrant green hue and complete the complex flavour profile feature hyssop, melissa and roman wormwood.
Sadly Roger & Dawns Field of Dreams Absinthe doesn’t make you hallucinate, see green fairies, paint like Degar, write like Hemingway or be as wild as Oscar Wilde – but who know what it will unleash?!
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