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Simonsig tasting room review

Greater Simonsberg is one of five sub routes on the Stellenbosch wine route. If you follow it you will encounter well-known farms like L’Avenir and Simonsig but which one offers the better cellar door experience?
 

L'Avenir tasting room review

Greater Simonsberg is one of five subroutes on the Stellenbosch wine route. If you follow it you will encounter well-known farms like L’Avenir and Simonsig but which one offers the better cellar door experience?
 

Groot Constantia - the great grandmother of wine production

The great-grandmother of wine production has not lost her charm and elegance of the olden days, finds Jeanri-Tine van Zyl.
 

A trip to Spier Wine Estate

With its embracing of African art, culture and cuisine, not to mention its resident cheetahs, the Spier experience is tourist heaven, even for locals, says Leigh Robertson.
 

Cape Chamonix tasting room review

Franschhoek attracts a fair share of European visitors, which is not without irony since visitors are treated to almost a mirror image of their homeland.
 

Port tasting in Calitzdorp

A road trip along Route 62 to Calitzdorp is a rewarding experience, especially when capped with a guided tour by local Boets Nel at De Krans. By Leigh Robertson.
 
Cabriére's Tasting Room

Cabrière tasting room review

Bubbly lovers probably have Cabrière in Franschhoek on auto-pilot: driving from Cape Town, turn left at monument and follow the road to the unique-looking tasting room on the hill (thought by some to resemble a bomb shelter).
 

Oak Valley tasting room review

It is unfortunate when a visit to a winery proves less than gratifying, but it is downright disheartening when a visit is so dull and boring that the experience provides almost nothing worth relating.
 
Conrad Vlok sits on the whale skull that marks the enterance to Strandveld Vineyards

Up-and-coming wine ward Elim

Making wine in wind-swept Elim requires conviction, reveals Strandveld winemaker Conrad Vlok to Jeanri-Tine van Zyl.
 

Paul Cluver tasting room review

Driving back to the N2, you pass more fruit-packing operations to get to this family-driven estate.
 
 

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