The beautiful little town of Stellenbosch, roughly an hour from Cape Town, lies surrounded by the Stellenbosch Mountains in the Jonkershoek River Valley in one of the most picturesque settings in the Cape.
Just 40 minutes north of Cape Town lies the Swartland, a vast region of rolling hills and sweeping vistas of wheat and vineyards origionally known as the breadbasket of the Cape and now one of its finest wine gems.
The Swartland wine route extends from Darling on the west coast down to the Oliphants Mountain at Porterville in the east and includes Malmesbury, Riebeek Valley and Piketberg in the north.