Tastings

Wine Tastings Above Franschhoek

Four ways to taste what we grow, poured daily from 10:00 beside the cellar where the wine is made.

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Tasting Room: 10:00 to 17:00Every day. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.
Cellar Tours: 11:00 and 15:00Daily, 75 minutes, up to 12 guests.
Bookings: Walk InAny day. Book ahead for groups of six or more.

At the Cellar Door

Four Tastings, Poured Daily

Every wine on the tray is grown, pressed and bottled here. Prices are per person.

A glass of white wine being poured at a wooden tasting counter

Classic Tasting

Five current-release wines at the cellar door, with the story of the block each one came from.

Poured: Five current releases
Time: 45 minutes

Per person R120

Three glasses of red wine on a shaded stone terrace table with vineyards behind

Reserve Tasting

Five reserve wines including Swaelnes, our Bordeaux-style blend, seated on the cellar terrace.

Poured: Five reserve wines
Seated: Cellar terrace

Per person R220

Handmade dark chocolates on a slate board beside a glass of red wine

Chocolate and Wine Pairing

Our wines tasted against handmade chocolates from a Franschhoek chocolatier, pair by pair.

Poured: Wine with chocolate pairs
Seated: Tasting room

Per person R195

A row of French oak barrels in a dim stone cellar with a glass on one barrel head

Cellar Tour and Barrel Tasting

Walk the 1898 cellar with the winemaking team and taste straight from the barrel.

Daily: 11:00 and 15:00
Time: 75 minutes, up to 12 guests

Per person R320

Children are welcome with a grape juice tasting at R45, and dogs on leads are welcome on the terrace. Kloof Club members taste free for two on every visit.

Everything poured is for sale at the cellar door, by the bottle or the case of six.

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Tasted Where It Is Made

The tasting bench stands a few steps from the press and the barrels, so the answers come from the people who farm and make the wine.

Reserve a Tray

Book a Tasting at Swaelkloof

Tell us which tasting, the day, the time and how many of you. We reply to confirm, and nothing is charged now.

Children and DogsGrape juice tasting at R45, and dogs on leads on the terrace.
Access and ParkingThe tasting room and Die Swael are wheelchair accessible, with ample parking.
Getting HereFive minutes from the main road. Taxis and shuttles run from town, and the Franschhoek Wine Tram does not stop here.
Club MembersTwo free tastings on every visit with a Kloof Club membership.