Hartenberg Wine Estate

Just outside of Brackenfell, not quite Stellenbosch along Bottelary Road you will find this family run wine farm Hartenberg Wine Estate.

The farm dates back to the early 1700s starting with four leggers of wine to todays award winning wines and more well reknowned Gravel Hill Shiraz.

The actual gravel that the famous Gravel Hill Shiraz is named after

Haartenberg is 170 Hectares, 65 of which is basically a wetland and home to many wild animals and birds. As such the staff and owners have taken the responsible conservation approach of ensuring sustainable use of all natural resources, leaving the land in pristine condition not harming nature.

The Underground Cellar

Their underground cellar is the largest privately owned cellar in the Western Cape. It was

commissioned in the late 1980’s, and is also home to the stained glass art works of German coppersmith, Karl Heinz Wilhelm. The collection of 12 works describe each of the twelve phases of cultivating and producing wine and took two years to complete.