The House of J.C. Le Roux or “The Home of Celebration” is a South African favourite, and offers a spectacular setting to enjoy the vast range of refreshing Cap Classique wines, from sweet to dry, non-alcoholic and bubble flavours.
The tasting room offers a variety of tastings for every palate, as well as specially crafted pairings. Choose from nougat pairings, Turkish delight pairings, a cheesecake pairing or delicious pizza pairing. For the non-alcoholic bubbly drinker or designated driver, there are non-alcoholic tasting options that are just as fun. Even the children can enjoy a yummy pizza and juice pairing.
J. C. Le Roux has always been innovative, so it is no surprise that everyone loves the iced popsicles, which are made with fresh fruit and J.C. Le Roux sparking wine. Cheese platters are available to accompany your tasting.
Cucina Di Giovanni restaurant at The House of J.C. Le Roux offers spectacular views of the mountains and vineyards, while enjoying wood fired pizzas, seafood, steak and other dishes in an elegant and friendly setting.
Deux Lions on La Bourgogne Farm is a boutique winery with an exceptional restaurant that offers a wonderful experience for friends and family. A relaxed yet elegant space that welcomes both children and pets. They describe it as “Barefoot Luxury”.
The tasting room is gracefully decorated with different seating options to create a relaxed space. The Deux Lions tastings offer both a wine and olive oil tasting.
The inside dining room is stylish and warm with comfortable chairs and wide doors leading out to a charming terrace that is shaded over by majestic oak trees. A pretty stream makes its way through the garden and green lawns offer the opportunity to sit and relax with a glass of wine in hand.
The restaurant provides guests with authentic food from locally sourced ingredients to create a flavourful and visual experience. Otherwise, there are charcuterie and cheese platters to accompany your wine tasting.
One of the oldest family-owned wine estates is South Africa and among the initial farms founded in the scenic Robertson Wine Valley is Rietvallei Wine Estate. Located approximately 160 kilometres northeast of Cape Town with 215 hectares in total and 119 under vine.
The crisp clean Karroo air and well drained soils rich in lime, are ideal for wine growing. Rietvallei is a predominantly white cultivar estate of 75% and the reds making up the 25%. Three tasting options available to sample their Premium Selection, Classic Selection or John B range, offering a lovely dip into what is all on offer. The undercover patio offers outside seating, and various inside sections if the weather is bad.
Currently no restaurant available, but wonderful cheese and charcuterie platters to accompany a tasting. They are jammed packed with all sorts of cold meats, various cheeses, biscuits & breads, fresh fruit, preserves and lovely sauces/jams to bring it all together.
Crowned as the global winner for innovative wine tourism experiences,
Weltevrede offers 2 captivating underground tours that are delighting visitors from all over the world.
The Create Cap Classique experience is also very popular for an informative,
hands-on activity to complete your own bottle of Cap Classique.
The estate is open from Monday-Saturday from 08.30-17.00.
Kapokbos restaurant is open from Tuesday-Sunday from 12.00-15.00.
Captivated by Cap Classique Underground Tour 10.00 Monday-Saturday (Booking Essential).
Captivated by Chardonnay Underground Tour 14.00 Monday-Saturday (Booking Essential).
Weltevreden Estate is just outside the town of Stellenbosch and home to the Bezuidenhout family, who are the 6th family to occupy this historic land in 300 years. The tree-lined driveway leads you to a beautifully thatched manor house with lush lawns and a pretty stream flowing through the estate.
Weltevreden’s range of wines are affectionately named after Bertha. The Bertha tasting room can be found inside the Jonkershuis restaurant or outside on a shaded patio. There are 3 tasting options available and include a tasting of 4 wines (Sauvignon Blanc, Rosé, Semillon, and Shiraz), a Macaron & Wine Pairing and a Food & Wine Pairing.
Jonkershuis Restaurant offers breakfasts and lunches with traditional favourites and slow living farm style dishes. Accommodation is available with a variety of cottages and rooms. Weltevreden has an enormous play area aptly named Weltevreden Kids Carnival! There are jungle gyms, trampolines, push bikes and pizza making to name a few. Parents can sit inside the Carnival area as they offer food, drinks (alcoholic & non-alcoholic) and dessert in there too.
Grangehurst Winery, a boutique wine cellar on the slopes of the Helderberg mountain produces exceptional red wines and specialise in older vintages.
Jeremy Walker started the family business in 1992 by converting his dad’s former squash courts into a wine production cellar where grapes sourced from neighbouring farms were crushed and pressed into wine. Fast forward to 2023 and the production cellar and underground barrel cellar are in full swing, but still at an unhurried and handcrafted pace.
The tasting room, otherwise known as The Pavilion offers gorgeous views of False Bay coastline with Table Mountain as a backdrop. This space started out as a mushroom shed, but now boasts beautiful finishes with an inside and outside area. There is no restaurant, but they do have olives and biscuits to snack on. The tastings are older vintages and can range from 2009 to 2015.
Grangehurst has three self-catering cottages that are ideal for a winelands getaway, with options to stay for a night, a week or months at a time.
Baleia Wines was established in 2009 by the Joubert family. Our winemaking style is inspired by the Mediterranean climate. Our ethos is to create wines that reflect the unique terroir and elements of their remarkable location. In fact, Baleia is the only winery on the Lower Duiwenhoksriver in Vermaaklikheid in the Southern Coastal area of the Cape. Baleia is Portuguese for whale and our striking labels are inspired by St. Sebastian Bay, the Whale Nursery of South Africa situated about 9km from our vineyards.
The true essence of Baleia is in the soil, consisting largely of pure, solid limestone with a very high mineral content. The climate, defined by their proximity to the sea, creates a particular mouthfeel to the wines with a chalky minerality and maritime salinity. This soil is also home to the very rare Canca fynbos, which is endemic to the South Coast and one of very few fynbos species to flourish in the alkaline environment of limestone outcrops.
Baleia`s philosophy is to make wines that are true to the terroir, identifiable by their very specific mineral and maritime character in a blind tasting. Minimal intervention in the cellars ensures that the winemakers do not cloud the natural beauty. In their own words, “when you savour a glass of Baleia, you’ll known the circle is complete.”
Dunstone Country Estate is a charming guest house and boutique winery located in Wellington, right at the base of the Bainskloof pass, only an hour’s drive from Cape Town. This 9-hectare working wine and fruit farm is owned by Dirk Vaeye, and has undergone some lovely changes, including their family friendly ROOTS Bistro offering country cuisine.
The Dunstone wines are produced on the estate, with their first vines being planted in 2003. Tastings take place at the Guest House, and one needs to book beforehand.
Dunstone offers accommodation, both guest suites and self-catering options, with gorgeous views of the surrounding vineyards and mountains beyond. Perfect for relaxing and unwinding in a peaceful countryside retreat.
Akkerdal Estate is situated in the picturesque Franschhoek valley. It is nestled between majestic mountains, breathtaking views with oak trees and the constant flowing Bergriver… a perfect territory and ambience for an artist to live his dream. Owner and wine maker Pieter Hanekom, says wine making is part of the Hanekom family heritage and culture, and an essential part of the good life. At Akkerdal the focus is on red wines.
Experience traditional South African hospitality at the Akkerdal guest house, where you can escape to the countryside. Enoy the Franschhoek scenic splendour with a glass of wine in hand from your patio.
Wine tastings are by appointment only.
