South Africa: Day 17 & our wine route

We only had two more cities to visit, and now that I come to think about it, the two best cities.

Today we would head towards Stellenbosch, one of the well known wine areas.

One of the bays in Hermanus

So on our way there we did a little stop in Hermanus, a town known for being a whale magnet, as this is where the whales come to have their babies, the Indian ocean, but without being to far away from the Atlantic ocean.


Sadly, we spotted no whales, though we didn't expect to see many whales to be honest, because the season where they come to deliver their babies is between June and November. On the other hand though, we had a wonderful view over the bay.

We arrived at our guest house and I was stunned since the beginning. It was a little viognier (vinegar farm) You could walk around the terrain to see the various animals, they had a few alpacas, horses, cows and a very, very fat pig.


It was a very long trip today so we didn't really have time to do much more when we got there.

 

We jumped in the pool to freshen up and the headed towards one of the wine farms of the area to have an aperitif during sunset the wine estate was called Delaire Graff Estate which we latter found out was one of the most luxurious wine "farms". It was massive!! And beautiful.

After the wine we headed towards the towns centre and ended up entering a wine restaurant, how suiting.

The morning after we decided to do some more wine estates, since we had such a nice experience with the first one.

Whilst checking out, the manager (who was amazingly friendly) offered us a little taste of the vinegar that they produce. And honestly, I had never imagined that I’d like vinegar that much at 10 in the morning. We left Rozendal with a very good feeling, and very happy with the treatment we got.

Spier's little souvenir shop

Our first wine estate was Spier (that’s already making wines since 1692) as recommended by the manager. And I’ll start off by saying that it was incredible, truly superb wines. My dad and I took the decided upon their first option: their 6 most awarded wines (3 red and 3 white) and their best wine to be produced, Fran K Smith. My mum and sister on the other hand selected option 2 which was a combination of wine tasting together with their signature wines (including 2 or 3 of the awarded wines as well)

 The second wine estate we visited was one my mother found in the rough guide, supposedly being very well known for its cheese platters in combination with the wine tasting. It was a bit underwhelming, obviously far less organized, because instead of having a tasting we just had a few glasses poured in and we got left alone. 

Anyway! Once finished out little wine tour (which was too short in my opinion, but heck, it just means that I have another reason to come back) we left towards our last destination: Cape town