As the countdown to the festive season begins, it’s worth celebrating one of the season’s most iconic symbols: the Christmas tree. And while cities from Belgium to Brazil are famous for constructing trees made from porcelain to those that float, few are more awe-inspiring than Cape Town’s grand Moët & Chandon Golden Tree, created entirely from champagne bottles.
“Epitomising warmth, generosity and grandeur, the Moët & Chandon Golden Tree has become synonymous with the opening of the festive season in South Africa. Moët & Chandon is known as the champagne of celebration globally, so what better way to share festive joy with everyone visiting the V&A Waterfront over the festive season,” says Pascal Asin, Moët Hennessy Director Africa Middle East.
Sitting at an impressive four-storeys high and built with over 1800 recycled champagne bottles collected from all over South Africa, the Moët & Chandon Golden Tree is wrapped in a shimmering gold ribbon created using over 2000 discs. Once the sun sets, visitors can look forward to an impressive lighting display, with the 230 metres of LED lights individually programmed to illuminate in sync with themed festive music that most attendees will most definitely recognise!
This year Moët & Chandon have also created the ‘Moët Music Box’ which will allow visitors the opportunity to personally interact with the Moët & Chandon Golden Tree – by simply turning the music box lever they’ll activate a magical 40-second lighting show, bringing the tree to life.
Moët & Chandon’s Golden Tree Lighting Ceremony
Capetonians and visitors alike are invited to this year’s Moët & Chandon Golden Tree Lighting Ceremony – taking place on Thursday the 29th of November. The evening will include performances by the acclaimed South African Youth Choir and the Cape Town City Ballet. Maps Maponyane has been invited to MC for the evening.
In addition, Moët & Chandon are gifting visitors the rare opportunity to personalise bottles of Moët & Chandon champagne with an engraved message of their choice using the state of the art Champagne bottle engraver. Moët & Chandon Impérial 750ml bottles can be bought including personalized engraving for R495 at the Radisson Red’s Oui Bar & Cafe for the duration of the Christmas tree installation.
The Moët Champagne Tree will be located adjacent to the Radisson Red at the V&A Waterfront Silo District. The design driven district is home to a host of retailers including Lindt, Kirsten Goss and Kat van Duinen. With shops open until 8pm, visitors are also invited to indulge in some late-night Christmas shopping on the 29th of November, as well as delicious Moët & Chandon festive specials at participating restaurants in the Silo District.
The Moët Golden Tree will be situated in the Silo District until Sunday the 6th of January.
Event information:
- Public event: The Moët Golden Tree Lighting Experience on 29 November is open to the general public at no cost
- Date: Thursday the 29th of November
- Time: The Moët & Chandon Golden Tree Lighting Ceremony experience will take place from 7pm – 9pm
- Location: The Moët & Chandon Christmas Tree is located adjacent to the Radisson Red at the V&A Waterfront Silo District.
- VIP tickets: are available at R395. Available directly from the Radisson Red, tickets include access to the VIP area situated around the tree and Mini Moët bottle presented from the much-loved Mini Moët Serving Machine.
Imka Webb is a freelance digital marketing expert and the digital editor of Food & Home Entertaining magazine. www.imkawebb.com
