Cape Town Day Three

The French Huguenots fled religious persecution in Europe and made their way to the southern Cape area. These people were first group to stay permanently in the Cape Town area because the Dutch would rotate every 5 years. As the Huguenots fled France, they took french grape vines with them. This was the beginning of the South Africa wine industry.

Today activity is to tour the Stellenbosch wine region. Stellenbosch is a lovely, charming town.

We began our wine tasting experience at Delaire Graff winery. As it continued to be cold, we were happy to have our wine tasting in front of a roaring fire.

Delaire Graff winery is beautiful and architecturally interesting winery but we didn't love the wines.

We dropped Dale and Jenni off for lunch with a couple of friends from the Stellenbosch area.

The rest of us headed to lunch. Jim and I ordered Thai mussels which were amazing!

After lunch, the Kerrs did a speedy shopping spree. We picked up souveniers to remind us of this amazing trip.

We collected the Pritchetts and headed to our next winery.

Ben had chosen Uva Mira Mountain Vineyards as our next winery. We again sat in front of a roaring fire. The wines here were Amazing! Their chardonnay was the best charsonnay that I have ever tasted!

We headed back to the hotel for dinner and last night in Cape Town.Read more