Avontuur Estate
Farm in Cape Town

Avontuur Estate, home of Fine Wines and Fast Horses, nestles against the Helderberg.
On Tuesday, 12 April, from 12h00 until 14h00 one group of twitterati were in Johannesburg with Cobie van Oort, marketing manager at Avontuur Estate.
A sheer amount of digital noise, coupled with good quality wines and seamless hospitality and generosity of the Avontuur Estate is an excellent example of Social Media in action within the confines of the wine industry.
We have loaded all of the pictures of the yearlings on sale at the National Yearling Sales in Johannesburg.

Lying restfully amongst the vines on the estate is the beautiful Avontuur Stud Farm where the emphasis has always been on quality rather than quantity. To ensure that this philosophy saturates the restaurant, you will always find either one of them on duty as they firmly believe that a ship needs the captain at the helm at all times. By ensuring that they keep their staff permanently a great rapport between staff and guests has developed over time, with guests now requesting their preferred waiter to serve them when booking! They source local and where possible, organic fare, and therefore offer regional favourites and at the same time support local producers in the community. Here you will find generous portions, food bursting with flavour and dishes that are visually a feast. In the more than ten years that we have been at Avontuur we have had weddings, christenings, big and small celebrations of every kind, and we have made so many friends along the way. We never take our role for granted and consider ourselves to be blessed to be on this magnificent estate. The restaurant is decorated in an eclectic mix of old and new and has a warm inviting atmosphere. The sun drenched terrace with its vine draped pagodas, has spectacular views of the paddocks, vines and Table Mountain and is popular in summer. In winter a cozy fire and underfloor heating welcomes our guests. Lighter options put emphasis on organic and local produce, where salads and quiches appeal to the health conscious. Delectable desserts including a gluten free bake of the day, will linger in the mind long after the meal especially if savored with the farm’s 10 year pot stilled brandy or the Above Royalty Liqueur Wine. The emphasis at Avontuur is on unhurried meals in the company of good friends without compromising service. The estate restaurant is the perfect corporate and function venue, specialising in small, intimate occasions. During Winter we are open only for breakfast and lunch and selected evenings for dinner. Guests will taste a few wines with Jan at this intimate event, and will experience everything about wine containers from plastic to glass and clear to dark and large to small. The cost is R100 pp which includes the tutored tasting and a light lunch with a glass of wine. Visit us on the Stellenbosch Wine Route for wine tasting, wine sales and a bite to eat in our restaurant. Avontuur Estate has been producing quality wine grapes for more than 140 years and this historical commitment is still reflected today in our range of award-winning wines.