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Make Wellington the base from where you explore the rest of the Cape Winelands and the Western Cape
© Wellington Tourism Bureau.
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 THE BRANDY ROUTE
The quaint and diverse brandy route in the heart of the Winelands will delight any brandy lover. The tour starts with raconteur and brandy craftsman, Roger Jorgensen from Savingnac de Versailles where brandy and chocolate can be tasted . Along the Bovlei route, De Compagnie offers an 1849 alembic copper still and a brandy created by well-known international author Riana Scheepers. Further along the same road, Nabygelegen throws open its historic cellar doors for a brandy (De Compagnie) and grappa tasting followed by Napier and then Oude Wellington Wine and Brandy Estate where the Oude Wellington Restaurant offers superb cuisine. Last but not least is a visit to Upland Organic Estate to taste truly organic brandy and grappa which is hailed as the best in the world.
All are open to the public but require pre-booking.
E-mail: wine@wellington.co.za
Owner: Wellington Wine Route
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DIEMERSFONTEIN
 Diemersfontein is known for its beauty, informal elegance, and grace - an idyllic country destination only 45 minutes' drive from Cape Town and is situated near the Cape's famous Wine Routes. We warmly invite you to share with us the tranquil spirit of Diemersfontein - whether you are conferencing here, marrying here, staying for a few days of leisure (or even permanently) - or taking some of it home in a bottle!
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Bosman Family Vineyards. A family story from vine to wine
The Bosman family continue the proud legacy of eight generations in our wines, made in harmony with the credo on the family crest - Faith, Hope and Love.
As one of South Africa's most successful vine growers, only using a small personal selection of our best grapes from our award winning vineyards - we are determined to produce wines that excite and delight our customers.
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Kleinfontein. Kleinfontein is a 'garagiste' winery located an hour out of Cape Town near Wellington and produces quality Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and a blend of the two cultivars and from 2009, a Rose. The first vintage was in 2003. The one hectare vineyard was planted in 1998, a small vineyard enabling close personal attention and in consequence high quality grapes. Kleinfontein uses a wine consultant(who consistently produces 4 star wines) to ensure quality in all respects and the total production is 350 to 450 cases x 12 bottles per year. As well as wine into South Africa exports are to Ireland, UK, Germany, Botswana, Kenya and Tanzania. |
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Schalk Burger & Sons - Welbedacht. Our love and passion as sons of the soil, and our desire to produce exclusive wines, were married when we bought Welbedacht, which means well thought out in high Dutch, and lovingly restored to its previous glory and then built a ground breaking cellar on it.
Our cellar, which handles exclusively all 1200 tons and 18 different cultivars, which are planted on our Estates, comprises pre-cooling, unique open fermenters and a basket press as we strived to built a cellar that should suit our unique fruit. Our portfolio of wines are, South Africa's most gregarious wine, Meerkat, Welbedacht, our Estate Range and our very exclusive Proprietors range comprising of No 6 and Myra. |
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