Oh ja, gerne!
Wollte erst selber was schreiben, bis ich gemerkt habe, dass das leicht ausufert. Daher mal diese kleine (natürlich unvollständige) Übersicht. Meine Lieblinge, die sich teilweise aus guten Weinen, tollen Restaurants und/oder einer atemberaubenden Lage resultieren, habe ich farblich hervor gehoben.
STELLENBOSCH
In Bottelary –
Hartenberg, Kaapzicht and Mooiplaas.
Along the Simonsberg – Warwick, Laibach and
Kanonkop, or Delheim and Muratie, or L’Avenir and Remhoogte.
In Koelenhof area – Villiera, Simonsig and
Beyerskloof.
In Devon Valley – Aaldering, Clos Malverne and JC Le Roux.
In town –
The Bergkelder and the boutique cellars at Bosman’s Crossing.
In Stellenbosch Kloof –
Jordan,
DeMorgenzon and Super Single Vineyards or Overgaauw.
Off Helshoogte – consider deviating to Rustenberg in Idas Valley, then on to Thelema and
Tokara, or
Neil Ellis and Delaire Graff.
In Banghoek en route to Franschhoek – Zorgvliet, or Bartinney,
Oldenburg and Rainbow’s End.
In Jonkershoek – Lanzerac and
Stark-Condé.
Polkadraai – De Toren,
Reyneke and Mulderbosch, or Boschkloof, Nico van der Merwe and Saxenburg.
Along R310 off N2 into Stellenbosch – Vergenoegd,
Meerlust and Spier.
Off Annandale Road – Guardian Peak and Ernie Els, Hidden Valley and
Uva Mira, or Alto,
Haskell and Rust en Vrede.
Off Blaauwklippen Road – Dornier, Waterford and De Trafford.
Off Eikendal Road –
Eikendal, Grangehurst and Longridge.
Off Winery Road –
Ken Forrester, Le Riche and The Winery of Good Hope.
SOMERSET WEST
Somerset West – Morgenster,
Vergelegen and Lourensford.
Near Sir Lowry’s Pass – Waterkloof, Journey’s End and Idiom (Da Capo).
PAARL
In Klapmuts area – Mount Vernon, Anura and
Glen Carlou.
In Simondium area north-west of Franschhoek –
Babylonstoren, Rupert & Rothschild and Vrede en Lust.
Suid-Agter Paarl, against the mountain – Landskroon, Spice Route and
Fairview.
In town – Boland and KWV.
In Windmeul area –
Windmeul, Ridgeback and Rhebokskloof.
In Voor-Paardeberg – Perdeberg, Ayama (Slent) and
Vondeling.
WELLINGTON
Diemersfontein, Dunstone and Doolhof, or Wellington Wines, Bosman and Welbedacht.
FRANSCHHOEK
In the west – Allée Bleue, Solms Delta and Anthonij Rupert, or Vrede en Lust, Plaisir de Merle and
Boschendal.
Off R45/Main Road –
La Motte, Môreson and Leopard’s Leap, or Rickety Bridge and Grande Provence, or
Mullineux & Leeu.
Up Uitkyk Street –
Chamonix and Dieu Donné.
South towards Franschhoek Mountains – Colmant, Stony Brook and
Boekenhoutskloof.
On the pass to Villiersdorp – Haute Cabrière and La Petite Ferme.
CAPE PENINSULA
On either side of Ou Kaapse Weg – Steenberg (Tokai) and
Cape Point (Noordhoek).
Old Constantia –
Buitenverwachting, Klein Constantia and Groot Constantia.
New Constantia – Eagles’ Nest,
Constantia Glen and Beau Constantia.
ROBERTSON
On R60 from Worcester – Rooiberg and
Graham Beck.
Off R60 to Ashton – Rietvallei, Arabella and Ashton Kelder.
Off R317 to Bonnievale – Springfield,
Bon Courage and Viljoensdrift, or Van Loveren, De Wetshof and Weltevrede or Bonnievale Wines.
To the south, towards McGregor – Windfall and Lord’s.
DURBANVILLE
To the north – Meerendal,
Diemersdal and Groot Phesantekraal.
To the west –
Nitida, Hillcrest or Klein Roosboom and Durbanville Hills or
De Grendel.
Central – Altydgedacht, D’Aria and Bloemendal.
WALKER BAY AREA
In and around Bot River – Beaumont, Wildekrans and
Gabrielskloof.
Near Hemel-en-Aarde Village – Hermanuspietersfontein and Whalehaven.
In Hemel-en-Aarde Valley – Hamilton Russell, Bouchard Finlayson and
Newton Johnson, or Sumaridge, Restless River and Alheit, or Ataraxia, Des Dieux and
Creation.
ELGIN
Shannon and Elgin Vintners, Oak Valley and
Paul Cluver, Spioenkop and Almenkerk, Iona.
TULBAGH
Rijk’s and Lemberg, or
Saronsberg and Krone, or Waverley Hills en route to Ceres.