Wine Tasting in the Winelands
Three centuries of Cape Dutch estates, and a tram that runs between them.
Duration
Full day, 8 hours
Group size
2 – 12 guests
Best time
Year round; harvest February – April
Departs
Hotel pickup 09:00
Pricing
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The day
A day in Franschhoek, Stellenbosch or Constantia, tasting at estates that have been making wine since the 1680s. The Franschhoek wine tram runs an open-top loop between the cellars, so nobody has to think about driving.
The Cape winelands sit in a ring of mountains an hour from the city, and the estates are as much about architecture as they are about wine: whitewashed Cape Dutch gables, oak avenues and cellars cut into the hillside. We build the day around what you drink, whether that is Stellenbosch Cabernet, Franschhoek Semillon or Constantia's dessert wine, which Napoleon had shipped to Saint Helena. Lunch is at an estate restaurant, and your driver stays sober so you do not have to.
How it runs
- 01
09:00
Over the pass
Out of the city into the mountain-ringed valley.
- 02
10:30
First estate
A cellar tour and the opening tasting.
- 03
12:00
The tram
Open-top between the Franschhoek cellars.
- 04
13:30
Estate lunch
A long lunch among the vines.
- 05
15:30
Last tastings
Two more estates before the light goes.
Gallery
On this tour.
10 photographs
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