Only a 45-minute drive from Cape Town, lying in the shadow of a continuous belt of Cape fold mountains, lies a series of beautiful valleys known as the Cape Winelands. With majestic mountains that form dramatic backdrops to lush vineyards and gabled Cape Dutch homesteads steeped in history, the Winelands is synonymous with all the best…
Travel into the rather undiscovered Hemel-en-Aarde valley in the Overberg, where high up on a ridge and at the end of a long dirt road, is a piece of paradise that combines the rich gifts of nature and unique terroir. Here the dedicated team of Creation has worked tirelessly to create their award-winning wines. In…
A stone’s throw from the cold Atlantic Ocean, on the Cape’s ruggedly beautiful West Coast, lies one of South Africa’s richest and most diverse wine regions: the West Coast Wine Route, which has become synonymous with good food, good wine, and good company. The West Coast Wine Route isn’t your typical Cape wine route. Along…
One of the Cape’s lesser-known jewels is the Overberg Wine Route, which crosses breathtaking terrain and spans 250km. Cool sea air flows across the Overberg region, bringing with it spectacular grape-growing conditions for producing award-winning wines. From Elgin to Elim, the Cape South Coast is speckled with wine estates, each offering exclusive wine tastings and…
For Cape Town locals, a summer picnic under giant old trees on a wine farm is a Sunday favorite. Family-friendly wine farms like these promises fun for the entire family. VERGELEGEN WINE ESTATE Vergelegen Wine Estate near Somerset West is great for families with two restaurants to choose from. Camphors is situated in front of…