{"id":10262,"date":"2010-07-14T11:19:48","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T09:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=10262"},"modified":"2010-07-14T11:19:48","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T09:19:48","slug":"franschhoek-celebrates-le-festival-bastille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/franschhoek\/franschhoek-celebrates-le-festival-bastille\/","title":{"rendered":"Franschhoek celebrates Le Festival Bastille"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For the 17th year, Franschhoek will put on its French dress, and Franschhoekers will dust off their berets,\u00a0celebrating the 14 July storming of La Bastille.\u00a0 “Again in 2010, Franschhoek’s Bastille Festival, which began as a village fete, will be a celebration of freedom for all!” says the Festival brochure.\u00a0\u00a0 The Bastille Festival takes place this weekend.<\/p>\n

On Saturday and Sunday the Bastille Festival activities get off to a rolling start at 8h00 with a Boules Tournament on the Dutch Reformed Church grounds on the main road. \u00a0From 10h00 onwards\u00a0there is\u00a0“a showcase of artisanal food and fare”\u00a0in the Town Hall and one can sit down at a Parisian cafe.\u00a0\u00a0 Locally made olives and oils, fruit preserves,\u00a0honey products, tasty take-home treats, Cape cuisine, and fresh vegetables will be sold.<\/p>\n

The highlight for regular Bastille\u00a0Festival supporters is the marquee in the centre of town, that sees almost every Franschhoek winery (Akkerdal, Allee\u00a0Bleue, Anthonij Rupert, Bellingham, Boekenhoutskloof, Boschendal, Dieu Donne,\u00a0Glenwood, Graham Beck,\u00a0Grande Provence, La Bri, La Motte, Lynx, Mont Rochelle, Rickety Bridge, Rupert\u00a0& Rothschild, Solms-Delta, Topiary and Vrede & Lust) paired with almost every restaurant in town (Allee Bleue, Dieu Donne, French Connection, The Grillroom, The Restaurant at Grande Provence, Haute Cabriere, iCi, La Petite Ferme, Monneaux, Plaisir de Merle, Reuben’s, and Fyndraai).\u00a0 The food and winetasting marquee is open from 12h00 – 17h00 on Saturday and Sunday, and entrance costs R 100, which entitles one to five tasting coupons.\u00a0\u00a0 Tickets can be booked at www.webtickets.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n

The Porcupine Ridge Barrel Rolling competition starts at 14h00 on each of the two days, and a Waiters’ Race will be contested at the Food & Wine Marquee at 13h00 on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whale Cottage Franschhoek has a Bastille\u00a0Festival weekend accommodation package – write to\u00a0winelands@whalecottage.com<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the 17th year, Franschhoek will put on its French dress, and Franschhoekers will dust off their berets,\u00a0celebrating the 14 July storming of La Bastille.\u00a0 “Again in 2010, Franschhoek’s Bastille Festival, which began as a village fete, will be a celebration of freedom for all!” says the Festival brochure.\u00a0\u00a0 The Bastille Festival takes place this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[124,14,20,21,19],"tags":[32367,5861,577,2855,5854,5847,4725,5849,389,182,5848,5858,32378,250,5853,5863,32369,5850,1137,5859,5856,160,2317,226,140,581,5857,1311,5851,2316,1540,582,5862,1139,580,446,4143,5855,2377,5864,252,41,583,882,65,5860,4608,2297,2836,2012,5852,578,5865,1279,952,32373],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t