Head across the magnificent Du Toitskloof Mountains and the vine-clad expanse of the Breede River Valley onto Route 62, and you’ll experience winelands with a difference.
Fine Wines from Ancient Soils
This is rugged, semi-arid land with stony, shale soils (though it surprises in spring with the fragrance and colour of its avidly conserved tracts of fynbos).
Here, as in the even warmer, similarly rocky, mountain-ringed Tulbagh Valley to the northwest, informed modern viticulture and progressive vintners have turned marginal white-wine territory into a source of great reds and classic sparkling wines.
Although the wines are now as sophisticated as the welcome, visitors will enjoy the feeling of getting off the beaten track.
Graham Beck - The home of world-renowned Cap Classiques, this colourul avant-garde cellar offers a stylish respite on a trip into the Cape w...
The Jonker family has farmed this stretch of the Breede River for generations and now focuses on distinctive wines born of what young winema...
This industrial-chic Saronsberg winery, with its cathedral-like cellar set beneath its eponymous mountain peak, serves up some of the Capeâ€...
Set among vines and roses at the foot of the Witzenberg, Rijk’s is a study in simplicity. Yet this cellar’s award-winning wines revoluti...