VISIT the Cheese & Winelands of the Fairest Cape. Meet cheese & wine makers at small farms, cheeseries & vineyards. This is off-the-beaten-track edu-tainment at its best. The geography, geology, hydrology, climate, wind and history of soil make up for a multitude of micro-terroirs, where same varietals yield radically different flavours. Engage a European tradition challenged with South African innovation.
TOURS span many distinct areas within the ONLY mediterranean region on the sub-saharan continent. Succulent, award-winning cheeses & wines are discovered, their techniques explored by their makers, and paired at Lunch, in the vineyard. A health breakfast is included in full day tours. Our motto for service excellence is: Come naked, return fullfilled: everything is included. In summer take sunscreen & hat; in winter, warm clothes & boots!
ITINERARY, REGIONS VISITED, [Cheese & Wine] THEME
Tour 1
AFRICAN TERROIR
9h00-17h00 | 10h30-15h30 The Table, Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Paarl, Wellington, Pearl's Gate & the Swartland. The mouth-watering cheeses & wines of the sub-Saharan-Africa Mediterranean Terroirs.
Full day $100 - Half day $50
Tour 2
The Point Of The Cape [Cape of Good Hope Teroirs]
9h00-17h00 | 10h30-15h30 Penninsula Terroir & Wineland within the Table Mountain National Park. Tour the unexplored Cape Point vineyards and Terroir.
Option: Cape of Good Hope.
Full day $100 - Half day $50
Tour 3
Organic Cheese & Wine
8h00-18h00 Tulbagh valley, via Baines kloof Pass: an explosion of scenery and organic Cheese & Wine. Explore organic cheese, wine & olives\oil making and pairing.
A palatal feast.
Full day $115
Tour 4
HEX RIVER VALLEY
8h00-18h00 Africa's eating grape Capital, unique cheeses & wines, visit ancient San Rock Art OR take the oldest rail ride to Joburg. Make cheese in the morning, pair cheese & wine at lunch & trail virtually untouched pre-history or rail colonial times.
Full day $125 - Overnight TBA*
Tour 5
BIOdiversity
8h00-18h00 The world's first bio-diversity wine route; Hermanus WHALES and cheese to Mission station fynbos cider to pristine Elgin. The marine world, Cape-fold mountain's easten edge, cheeses, wine, port & cider.
Full day $125 - OvernightTBA*
Tour 6
Wellbeing
8h30-17h30 | 18h30-22h00 A full day of relaxation & revitalisation at the Vineyard SPA. Indulge in our cheese & Wine Pairing lunch upon uninterupted 360 Terroir views. Full Body Cleansing & Massage, Facial, Head & Neck Healing Treatments. Exfoliation (maize meal, brush, sugar). Hot tubs. Full day $125 - EveningsTBA*
YOUR TOUR
Design your tour: 'ports', 'champagnes' or spirits, specific cheese types or wine varietals, 18 hole golf mornings, mineral hot springs, african massage. Combine with an exilarating mode of transport, like: sidecar motorbike, vintage motocar, helicopter, cruise boat, plane & train...
*TBA= prices To Be Announced. Full days: minimum 2 persons. Half days: minimum 4 persons.
CUSTOM TOUR By sidecar, vintage car, boat, helicopter, train or on Cruises: Cape Cheeses & Wines must be explored by unconventional means. Early goat milking at the farm or Cheese & Wine Pairing Sundowner Apéritif Cruises are unique experiences, but an overnight stay at an unforgettable place is priceless. Exclusive FILM shoot locations and AFRICAN HEALTH SPA treatment are delicacies...
Making Wine (Colombard today) (enlarge)