Napa Valley, move out of the way.... The Cape Winelands blow you to pieces!!!! Today we had our winelands tour (obviously). First let me just say that the Winelands here are so picturesque it is hard to explain without pictures. I don't think other vineyards could compare after seeing the views from where we were today. The wines themselves were good, too. Of course we enjoyed the types we normally would, while not caring as much for the ones we normally would not care for.... So not really any surprises there. They do offer plenty of new and different types of wines here though that we had never before tasted. The prices for purchase at the vineyards were actually cheaper than in the stores which is not really the case in Napa- that was a pleasant surprise. Our tour took us through the three larger areas for wine west of Cape Town- Paarl, Franschhoek, and Stellenbosch. All of the towns were so darn cute!!!! We started the day off with a cellar tour followed by a cheese and wine tasting at Anura Vineyards. Anura is positioned on the foothills on the Simonsberg Mountains, between Paarl and Stellenbosch.
At Anura:
We ended the day in Stellenbosch at Asara Vineyards for a wine tasting, followed by a stop at Spier Vineyards where they have the Cheetah Outreach. Here we were able to pet Cheetah's- very cool but they were overly strict. It was a full day affair, so not much else happened.
View at Asara:
Cheetah Outreach:
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