{"id":2075,"date":"2022-08-06T11:04:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T11:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golighthouse.in\/in\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2022-12-21T07:15:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T07:15:08","slug":"the-swartland-the-not-to-be-missed-south-african-wine-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golighthouse.in\/in\/bon-viviants\/the-swartland-the-not-to-be-missed-south-african-wine-region\/","title":{"rendered":"The Swartland, the not to be missed South African wine region"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2075\" class=\"elementor elementor-2075\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c25e31 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"0c25e31\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e23da1\" data-id=\"1e23da1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22a011a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22a011a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Swartland, the not to be missed South African wine region<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03d2748 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"03d2748\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35db891\" data-id=\"35db891\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc64ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6dc64ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the experience<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26942ff elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26942ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Just an hour or so away from Cape Town lies the Swartland, a wine region that\u2019s often overshadowed by the Cape Winelands.<\/p><p>While the name may mean \u2018black land\u2019 in Afrikaans, you\u2019ll be left wondering why so when you see an undulating landscape of golden wheat fields, vineyards and mountains\u2026the view in front of view is anything but dark. In fact, the wide central plain of the Swartland is a huge wheat farming area, sometimes called the bread basket of the Western Cape.<\/p><p>For any wine aficionado, The Swartland Wine &amp; Olive Route is a must-do. The route starts in Malmesbury, the Swartland\u2019s largest town, established over 265 years ago on the banks of the Diep River. But before you take a sip of the local wines at the Swartland Wine Cellar, pay a quick visit to the town museum, once a synagogue and now a heritage site.<\/p><p>The Swartland Wine &amp; Olive Route also includes the famous vineyards and cellars of Allesverloren, established in 1860 on the slopes of the Riebeek Valley. Then you\u2019re right next door to the tourist heart of the Swartland \u2013 the enchanting twin villages of Riebeek Kasteel and Riebeek West.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d3fead elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"0d3fead\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4372ce5\" data-id=\"4372ce5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67ff6ec elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67ff6ec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13e96d5\" data-id=\"13e96d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f67e366 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f67e366\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn Riebeek Kasteel check out the beautifully restored Cape Dutch and Victorian houses before running amok in the arts and craft shops, potteries and galleries thronging the main square. Then time for a well-deserved coffee and snack at one of the many coffee shops and restaurants in the town.\n\nIf local history fascinates you, then just 3km north of Riebeek West you\u2019ll find the original thatched house \u2013 now a museum \u2013 where one of South Africa\u2019s most famous statesman, Jan Christian Smuts, was born.\n\nPut The Swartland on your must-do-in-South-Africa list and you\u2019ll return all the more happier. 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