Cape Winelands

Welcome to the Cape Winelands information page - in addition to region guides like this article we also list a wide range of hotels, B&B's, guesthouses and self-catering establishments. View our Western Cape page if you're looking for more Western Cape accommodation. The Cape Winelands is the largest wine producing region in the Western Cape and South Africa. The area covers many charming towns in the Boland, but the main offerings here are Constantia, Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Paarl, Robertson and Wellington, because they each offer a local wine route for inquisitive tasters.

The Stellenbosch wine route is the Cape's oldest and is still the most well-known. In 1971 the route was founded by Frans Malan of Simonsig, Spatz Sperling of Delheim and Niel Joubert of Spier. Today, tours are offered to a variety of cellars producing some of the country's most acclaimed wines, including Simonsig, Boschendal, Neethlingshof, Delheim, Welmoed, Delair, Spier, Saxenburg, La Motte, Chamonix and Cabriere.

For those happy not to leave the confines of Cape Town, the Constantia Valley wine region is the most easily accessible, and boasts some of the Cape's oldest wine estates and homesteads. Many of these estates now include fantastic restaurants, cellar tours, and tastings of their award winning wines.

The Franschhoek Valley wine region was settled over 300 years ago by the French Huguenots, and has become one of the Western Cape's most exclusive retreats. The quaint village now has over 30 wine farms of a superior caliber including Akkerdal Estate, Allee Bleue Farms, Bellingham, Boekenhoutskloof, Boschendal Cabriere, Chamonix, Dieu Donne, Eikehof, Franschhoek Pass Winery, Franschhoek Vineyards, Freedom Hill Wines and many more.

A number of other excellent wine farms can be found nearby in Paarl and Wellington, or slightly further a field in Robertson.

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