Presented to the
farm that offered the most memorable outdoor experience, the “Track and Trails”
category winner had to work up a visitor’s sweat and expend some energy on a
spectacularly scenic vineyard hike, a challenging wine farm bike trail or a
spirited wine route horse ride. It also needed to fittingly reward their
physical efforts with a wine-tasting experience.
This year’s awards
drew 13 000 unique votes from the public. Among its 16 winners the
inaugural “Tracks and Trails” Award was presented to Van Loveren for its
breath-taking Fish Eagle hiking trail. With its strong values and heritage, the
now open-to-public walk in its historic garden, birding, or hiking along the
Fish Eagle hiking trail tipped the category’s scales.
Monika Elias,
Klink Awards fonder says, “It’s a match made in heaven! Turn your world-class
wine estate into a bike, running or hiking track and entertain visitors with
gorgeous scenery and untouched outdoors. I salute those farms who are
trail-blazing this category and no doubt will welcome many more nominees next
year as the trend picks up.”
For more information,
visit www.vanloveren.co.za and for or the full list of Klink Award
winners, visit www.klinkawards.co.za.
The Klink Awards honours the very best in South African wine
tourism. From the greenest estate, to the coolest festival, to the hippest
haute cuisine, The Klink Awards
celebrates it all. Launched in 2012 by Wine Tourism South Africa - marketers
and publishers of the must-have travel guide The Wine Tourism Handbook - it invites local wine lovers, foodies
and intrepid travellers to vote for their favourite things to do in the Western
Cape Winelands. It works by sharing 79 nominees chosen by a panel of
independent industry experts with the public online, through Facebook and
twitter; then they vote for their favourite 16.