Wines and spirits Tulbagh

The high-tech estate in the valley, with its ultra-modern wine cellars and beautifully furnished tasting rooms in contemporary style. Inside, there is an art gallery upstairs in a large modern building whose large bay windows let you see the cellars, magnificent. The property is superb, especially the landscape architecture with ponds, mountains and of course the vineyards in the background. Sauvignon blanc, viognier, grenache, shiraz. The "full circle", the flagship wine of Domaine de Saronsberg is a blend in the Côtes du Rhône style.

This is said to be the only underground champagne cellar in the Southern Hemisphere. Nicky dug his hole with his workers and used the pebbles from the river to make an earthquake-proof framework. His Krone borealis brut is highly rated and can be purchased locally. But the more curious will want to visit the farm; three hundred years old, it has been completely restored, keeping the cachet of its heritage and its contemporary renaissance.