Features:
- Historic > 100 Years
- Cold Winters Day
- Hot Summers Day
- Child Friendly
- Restaurants
- Picnics
Phone: +27 21 865 2541
Website: https://www.hartenbergestate.com/
Address: Hartenberg Wine Estate, Bottelary Road Koelenhof, Stellenbosch
Map Location: Click to view on Google Maps
Hartenberg is owned by the McKenzie family since 1986 and is situated on the free-draining, North-Eastern slopes of the Bottelary Hills in Stellenbosch. As soon as you walk down the steps and reach the courtyard garden, with the tables under a canopy of vine leaves, you feel relaxed and welcome. You can choose to do a tasting here or inside if the weather is bad. They have 3 tasting options available, and include either the Doorkeeper Tasting, the Premium Tasting or the Super Premium tasting.
Lunches are available, with a kiddie’s menu as well. If you are looking for a picnic, then you have come to the right place because the green lawns are vast and Weeping Willow trees are aplenty to offer shade whether seated on picnic blankets, cushions or tables. A lovely big play area for the little ones at the picnic area.
Hartenberg has adopted a holistic approach to sustainability and some of their many initiatives include: removal of copious amounts of alien trees to increase soil water levels; a protected wetland area that attracts 75 different species of birds, frogs, buck and caracal; careful management and protection of the 5 springs that flow through the estate has allowed Hartenberg to never have to connect to mains water in over 300 years.
