The Cape wine route.

You really need a car to get good feel for Cape Town. So we decided to hire a car for a day and do some exploring. Our first stop was the Cape wine route around Stellenbosch/Franschhoek, about a 30 minute drive outside Cape Town's city centre.

South Africa's best known indigenous red wine is the pinotage, a blend of pinot noir and hermitage varietals. We sampled pinotage at its birth place, a small vineyard on the outskirts of Stellenbosch.
We also enjoyed the garden paradise, including the historic camphor trees, squirrels and peacocks, at the Vergelegen Estate, a property (and now vineyard) with a long history.