Wine tasting in  

The Swartland

Dry landscapes, cool Atlantic sea breezes and innovative wine makers are the key of Swartland’s successes.

Theme: History, Culture, Nature & Wine.

Swartland (Old Dutch for 'black land' due to the dark colour of the indigenous vegetation when wet,) is a vast wine district consisting of rolling hills and high mountains. It was known mainly for its "dryland" Chenin and Syrah wines and its assortment of often eccentric, innovative “Maverick” wine makers. Today some of the best wines in the country are produced here from a myriad of grapes and new blending styles.

The enormous fields are khaki in summer and mint-green wheat and bright-yellow canola fields in winter. Our warm, almost too dry, breezy Mediterranean climate, suites a large variety of grape varietals The winemaking focus is mainly finding the best methods to take advantage of our diverse terroir in conjunction with the harsh climate and to produce minimal intervention wines that speak of the Swartland.

The Swartland Cellars motto of “small berries, big taste” couldn’t be truer for the region.

Gallery - Wine tasting in the Swartland