Wine Tours and Wine estates in Hermanus, Hemel-en-Aarde wine valley
Hermanus Wine Tours offer you a vast myriad of 100's of incredible award winning Wines to taste, at over 70 pretty Wineries all set in outstanding scenery, from coastal to mountainous. Excellent lunch-time Restaurants at these Wineries will serve up delicious meals that totally compliment your Wines.
Your Wine Tour Guide will collect you from your accommodation and chauffeur you to any combination of these Wine farms as you desire - or we can easily compile a tour for you of our favourite Wineries, tailor-making a Wine Tour to exactly match your own individual wine taste-buds - or you might wish to experiment and try new wines too.......
South Africa is now the 7th largest producer of Wine in the world, with last years production exceeding 1,000 million litres - of which 400 million litres were exported.
CONTACT US to discuss and arrange your Wine Tour of the Hermanus and Walker Bay wine region - from 2 hour tours up to full day explorations.....
Your Wine Tour Guide will collect you from your accommodation and chauffeur you to any combination of these Wine farms as you desire - or we can easily compile a tour for you of our favourite Wineries, tailor-making a Wine Tour to exactly match your own individual wine taste-buds - or you might wish to experiment and try new wines too.......
South Africa is now the 7th largest producer of Wine in the world, with last years production exceeding 1,000 million litres - of which 400 million litres were exported.
CONTACT US to discuss and arrange your Wine Tour of the Hermanus and Walker Bay wine region - from 2 hour tours up to full day explorations.....
John Platter SA Wine Book listing for our wine tours
We just recieved the ultimate in praise and acknowledgement for our Wine Tours,
by being listed in the South African Wine "bible" -
the John Platter 2012 wine book (as the picture on the left shows) :-))
while also being listed on their website too -
please check it out at - http://www.wineonaplatter.com/blog/page/1219
Wine Tasting at Wineries near Hermanus
The Hermanus wine region is an easy 1 hour drive from Cape Town and is called Walker Bay (check out the Google Map below) and covers towns and areas from Elgin and Grabouw, thro' Botrivier to Hermanus and the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, onwards to Stanford and Elim - close to the southern tip of Africa - Cape Agulhas.
This region is highly influenced by the cooling Atlantic Ocean that sweeps up past Cape Town and brings with it a satisfying cool breeze that cools down the grapes that are grown here.
So the predominant grape types (cultivars) that grow very well here are mainly French, German and northern Italian - such as - Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah (Shiraz), Mourvedre, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage (a South African creation, by grafting 2 vine cultivars together - Pinot Noir and Cinsaut, also known as Hermitage).
While there are some interesting little surprises too, like - Grenache, Semillion, Petit Verdot, Viognier, Sangiovese, Nebbiolo, Barbera, Riesling and many other wines to tantilise your senses.
Staying over-night in the pretty seaside town of Hermanus is advisable, as there are 100's of other Activities to see and do - Whale watching (June to Dec), Great White Shark cage diving and many chilled-out pursuits too.............
This region is highly influenced by the cooling Atlantic Ocean that sweeps up past Cape Town and brings with it a satisfying cool breeze that cools down the grapes that are grown here.
So the predominant grape types (cultivars) that grow very well here are mainly French, German and northern Italian - such as - Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah (Shiraz), Mourvedre, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage (a South African creation, by grafting 2 vine cultivars together - Pinot Noir and Cinsaut, also known as Hermitage).
While there are some interesting little surprises too, like - Grenache, Semillion, Petit Verdot, Viognier, Sangiovese, Nebbiolo, Barbera, Riesling and many other wines to tantilise your senses.
Staying over-night in the pretty seaside town of Hermanus is advisable, as there are 100's of other Activities to see and do - Whale watching (June to Dec), Great White Shark cage diving and many chilled-out pursuits too.............
Below is our most recent Article on South African Wine, which featured in the recent edition of the local glossy Whale Talk magazine of Hermanus.
Wine article on South African Wine industry, published in local Whale Talk magazine
