WINE-MAKING LOCATIONS

After 200 French Huguenot refugees fled religious persecution and arrived in South Africa in 1685, one of them – Jean le Long – was granted 60 morgen of land by the Dutch East India Company. He promptly set about establishing a farm, introducing vines in an area considered perfect for growing grapes.

Although the farm has changed hands many times since – with the De Villiers family owning it between 1715 and 1879 – it continues to produce high quality wine. Tastings take place in the Manor House, a splendid example of Cape Dutch architecture built in 1812, and it is possible to take tours of the vineyards, farm