Durbanville Wine Valley Association

Photo of Durbanville Wine Valley with a view of Table Mountain

Nestled in the Tygerberg Hills, a mere 20 minutes drive from Cape Town, lies the Durbanville Wine Valley. With its hectares of flourishing vineyards, award winning wines and hospitable atmosphere, this wine route is fast becoming the Cape’s destination of choice. The Durbanville Wine Valley consists of nine wineries, each offering the finest in wines, and complemented with some of the best fine dining restaurants and intimate country kitchens in the region.

We are united in our passion to reflect the Durbanville terroir in all our wines. The result is a magnificent range of intense, fruit-driven yet elegant wines, as different from each other as the slopes that create them and the individual personalities who craft them.

For further information on what to do in our beautiful valley, please contact us on 083 310-1228 or e-mail . Map > (403 KB)

Durbanville Wine Valley Feast of the Grape

Sunday, 21 March 2010

Photo taken at Festival of the Grape 2009

Harvesting the bounty of the vineyards is one of the most important moments in the making of good wine. The Durbanville Wine Valley celebrates ‘Feast of the Grape’, its annual Harvest Festival on Sunday, 21 March, signaling the end of the grape season and the beginning of autumn.

Delight your senses with our complete package of wine, great food, fine music and other vendange activities.

SEE
... natural beauty of the countryside, breathtaking views of the ocean and rolling hills
HEAR
…you are spoilt for choice with stirring rhythms and soulful jazz as well as Jakkie Louw’s biggest festival hit “Drie pikkewyne”
TOUCH
…get your hands dirty and join in the grape picking and traditional stomping of grapes
TASTE
...the finest regional produce, grape inspired dishes, grape must and award winning wines
SMELL
…the wonderful aromas and flavours wafting from the various food stalls, to nose the concentrated aromas of the magnificent range of intense, fruit driven yet elegant wines as different from each other as the slopes that create them.

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