Lovane Boutique Wine Estate
Normal Price: Adult – R60
What you get: Free Wine Tasting
Explore this unique boutique wine estate & guesthouse in the heart of the Winelands
One of the smallest wine estates near Stellenbosch, Lovane Boutique Wine Estate is a unique gem in the Winelands. Enjoy a tour of their underground wine-tasting area and barrel cellar for an experience like no other.
Lovane Boutique Wine Estate Highlights
- Affordable four-star luxury guesthouse with 16 well-equipped rooms
- Award-winning estate wines with vineyard views, farm sights and sounds
- Personalised wine tasting in the unique underground cellar
OVERVIEW
Lovane Boutique Wine Estate is a working wine farm that offers affordable luxury accommodation in the Stellenbosch Winelands, with all the peace and restfulness a wine farm experience can offer. The boutique farm specialises in Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot grapes on 2,7 Ha of vineyards. Everything in the wine-making process is done by hand. Visit this gem in the Winelands and enjoy a tour of the underground wine-tasting area and barrel cellar.
HISTORY
Lovane is one of the smallest wine estates near Stellenbosch and falls under the Coastal Region, District Stellenbosch, and the Devon Valley Ward within the South African Wine of origin structure. The boutique wine estate planted its first vineyards on virgin land in 2003 and produced its first wine in 2006. The plantings consisted of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. The four-star bed and breakfast guesthouse opened soon after to provide guests with affordable, luxury accommodation in the heart of the Winelands.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Lovane Boutique Wine Estate and Guesthouse
Polkadraai Rd, Stellenbosch, Cape Town, 7604, South Africa
Hours: Daily from 10 am to 5 pm
Closed: Christmas Day & Good Friday
Phone: +27 (0)21 881 3827
Website: www.lovane.co.za
THINGS TO KNOW
ADVICE FOR VISITORS
Visit the unique underground cellar and wine-tasting facility for a taste of small-scale winemaking, and the farm’s unique wines. For the full Lovane experience, book a night or two at the Lovane guest house.
There are 16 rooms available to rent, and each room is kitted out with Lovane’s own range of locally produced bathroom toiletries. Wake up to the glorious sunrise and enjoy breakfast outside on the wooden deck on warm mornings or in the restaurant area next to the wood-burning fireplace in winter.
There are a few different accommodation options to suit any occasion. On the way home pop into the cheetah outreach at Spier and visit the big cats as well as the eagle encounters experience. There is also the Cape Town Lion Park with several different lions and species of game at Vredenheim.
DID YOU KNOW
The wine estate’s name, Lovane, originates from the Xhosa word U’Lovane which means Chameleon. In the old days, it was said that many chameleons could be seen on the farm.
