Got up early this morning and headed down for breakfast in the hotel. I had eggs benedict, coffee and some orange joice to get my day started. The reason for the early start was that today was my wine lands tour and the tour were picking me up at 08:00.

On time the guide picked me and and drove around Cape Town picking up at another 4 other stops. We then headed on out of town. The guide gave us all some really good commentaries and passed on a lot knowledge and information about wine, the regions, and it’s history in South Africa. Also along the way she pointed out some interesting areas of the countryside and people.

The tour had three different wine tasting stops all together, and a tour stop in XXXX. The first stop gave us a good guide to the wine we were tasting and included a brief tour of the facility and a guide to the actual wine making process for both the white and red wines. They also had a cheese making facility on the farm and we got to try a number of great wines and some cheeses, that were English style cheadar. The various wines were really good and had a lot of taste, which was backed up by the great cheese.

The second stop was a quick tour of SalXXXXX. We were all dropped off and told of some interesting places to go and see and we all headed off in our own directions. I toured a couple streets taking in the different cultures and wares for sale. I then headed off an took a cup of latte, before heading off and getting onto the bus again.

The next stop was another wine tasting and lunch. This place was in a very pictuesque location that offered some great views. I do have to say however, that the guide to the wine was not of great standard and unfortunately the wine was not as enjoyable as the first stop. The wine just didn’t have a lot of flavour and did nothing for me. We all decided that we would have lunch there, even though we did have the option of being taken into town and having lunch there instead. I have the stir fry beef and have to say that it was excelent.

After a brief drive through tour of the town we headed on off to the last wine tasting location, which also had some stunning views. In the very far distance we would see Table Mountain, well we would have if it wasn’t completeley consumed in clouds. It was also the location of some of the best wines we tasted, they also provided us with a taste of some 2 whites, 2 rosé wines, 3 red and also a desert wine. All but one of the rosé wines were fantastic, and the desert wine was a good sweet way to end the wine tasting. We then all had a quick look at the glass blowing factory they had on site before heading back into the bus and back to Cape Town.

The weather on the whole tour was partially cloudy with some light winds, and I think we got the best of the weather for as when we returned to Cape Town it was dark, damp, cloudy and misserable. This however did clear to the end of the evening and I got a great view of the sunset outside my hotel. It litterally set directly outside of my hotel window, and I think I got some great photos.

For evening meal I headed off to Paranga which was just along the road. I decided to go for steak tonight, given all the fish that I had the night before. Turned out to be a very good choice, and I also had a glass of wine from another local supplier, and because I was feeling indulgent I had a desert of ice crean and chocolate. Yum!

I again headed to Baraza for a quick cheeky beer, but it was dead in the place so I only had the one and headed back to the hotel to get packed for the trip back to Durban in the morning.