The Cape Town Wine Route Wonders

The Cape Town Wine Route Wonders Just drive out to one of these delightful wine estates to find something quite magical about the art of viticulture and we dare you to say you didn't have a great time.

The most trouble you'll have is trying to decide which wine estate to visit on which wine route - there's so many and they're all different.

However, there's an art to this, especially in the busiest tourist times, so let us guide you round our particular favorites and show you how to pick the best ones for you to visit to ensure you make the most of your time and get to experience the best of the wine route wonders around.

Wine Tour Cape Town - Once you get the bug, you'll want to return more and more often, until finally, just like us, a trip to Cape Town wouldn't be complete without a wine route trip.

Nailing down your particular favorites can often lead you to a particular estate that specializes in these wines, but don't let that stop you finding a new grape varietal, or why not discover the skill involved in brandy making?

What draws you up the driveway to discover what's beyond the rather bland, brown signposts?

Gateways filled with the most glorious flowers - Canna Lilies and Roses. Spectacular beds filled with wonderfully vivid color, stretching into the distance just urging you to find what's at the top, all with a backdrop of soaring mountains.

The estate houses themselves are usually the traditional Cape Dutch style houses, built in an H shape. Many of them are open and maintained as museums, of an age long past and we've spent many an hour wandering around the cool interiors, whilst the sun blazes outside in a clear blue sky.

One example of these very gracious wine estates is Uitkyk, pronounced "Ate Cake". Tucked away down a short track leading from one of the main roads into Stellenbosch, this wine estate is worth a visit just for the handsome manor house alone, but why not try your hand at boules, sometimes known as petanque. Uitkyk supply the boules and a set of rules, all for free, whilst you enjoy tasting its award winning wines. Better still, book a picnic hamper the day before your visit, sample wine for your lunch before finding the perfect spot under the trees to enjoy the awe-inspiring views, whilst whiling away the afternoon.