Overview
About Stellenbosch Wine Tour
Stellenbosch has been growing wine since 1679. Today it is a patchwork of over 200 estates set between the Simonsberg, Helderberg and Jonkershoek mountains, and it is where you find South Africa's flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, Bordeaux-style blends, Chenin Blanc and old-vine Semillon. A private tour lets you skip the tourist-bus stops and visit the family estates and cellar masters where Cape wine actually gets made.
Wanderer does not own vineyards. We work with a hand-picked list of estates — from historic Cape Dutch farms like Delheim, Muratie and Rust en Vrede to newer boutique cellars — and book each tasting privately for your group. Your guide can weight the day toward classic Bordeaux blends, cool-climate whites, biodynamic producers or family-run cellars, depending on what interests you.
Each estate is visited slowly. A typical stop is 60–90 minutes: a tour of the barrel cellar, a tutored tasting of four to six wines with the estate's own sommelier, and time to walk the vineyards. Two or three estates plus lunch is a comfortable, sober day. Four estates suits keen tasters. Your guide tracks the clock so you make every reservation and still get back to Cape Town in daylight.
Lunch is the centrepiece of the day. Options include the vineyard bistro at Delheim, the fine-dining Rust en Vrede restaurant, the shaded oaks at Jordan, or the farm-to-table menu at Overture on Hidden Valley — booked in advance based on your preferences and any dietary needs. Lunch is generally paid at the restaurant on the day so you get exactly what you order.
A private tour also means you decide the pace. If a particular estate captures your attention, we can stay longer and drop one later in the day. If you want to buy a case for shipping home, your guide will handle the paperwork with the estate. Non-drinkers, designated drivers and children are all comfortable in the vehicle — nobody has to worry about the road.
Wanderer is your single point of contact from the moment you enquire — chauffeur, estate bookings, lunch reservation, timing and weather calls all sit with us. The result is a Stellenbosch day that feels effortless: you taste, we drive.