:: Meerendal Wine Estate - The Home of Good Food and Wine ::

The legend of Meerendal's wine and bread began in 1702 in a vast and fertile landscape on the slopes of the Tygerberg Hills.

More than 300 years later the mystery lives on through families and friends, who visit its grounds and join in the spirit of relaxed lunches, superb dining and celebratory events.

We have a variety of venues perfectly suited for every occasion including:

- The Barn & Lawn - all
purpose venue

- The Loft for conferences - half
and full day packages available

- Our quaint candle-lit chapel for
your perfect wedding.

At the time of the new owner taking over, a strategy was formulated to implement Food and Wine on the Estate as its main focus, hence the slogan -
“The Home of Food and Wine”.

The Meerendal wines are elegant fruit driven wines ideally suited for matching the excellent cuisine that you can expect at the farm.

The Meerendal brand first appeared on the market with the launch of the 1969 Pinotage and Shiraz wines more than 40 years ago. Meerendal has eight delightful wines in the Standard Range and six very special wines in it’s Prestige Collection.

The various labels have been developed to portray the classic qualities of this 300 year old estate, and introduced in 2004.

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The Meerendal Manor House and well known landmark on the wine estate will be converted to a six room luxury guest house over the next few weeks.

The Meerendal restaurant that has been operating from here over the past two years will be relocated to the building where the Cellar Door sales and Deli is situated. The beautiful wooden deck with its stunning views over the vineyards will be upgrade and fully enclosed with big glass windows.

The restaurant will be closed until 8 February 2012 while the refurbishing takes place, but the Deli will serve light meals during the day. We apologise for any inconvenience to our customers during this period.

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Meerendal is looking forward to spoil 100 energetic amateur wine makers by offering a fun day of grape picking, grape stomping - like in the old days by feet - and learning all the secrets of wine making with their cellar master Liza Goodwin.

Including in the package is a sumptuous breakfast (you cannot work on an empty stomach!), all the grape picking and wine making activities and a vintners lunch platter with lots of Meerendal wine to enjoy! This activity is ideal for the whole family or a group of friends. It starts at 08:00 and cost is R200 per person. Kids under 10 are free.We will also be selling homemade “Mosbolletjies” during the week at the Deli and the Buffet Lunch at the Cape Table at the Barn & Lawn on 17 March 2012 will feature some dishes with grapes.

Bookings at Meerendal with Annique on 021 975 1655



Another International group of musicians have being enjoying the hospitality of Meerendal during their tour of South Africa during the week third week of Dec 2011. Like Smokey earlier in the year, Meerendal is working together with Lefra Productions to provide the wines for the luncheons and official functions on the Boney M Christmas Special World Tour from 15 to 20 December. The group visited Meerendal on Monday 19 December for a special tour of the cellar with a wine tasting and a gourmet dinner in the Manor House restaurant. Only traditional South African ingredients like fresh Franchhoek Salmon Trout and Karoo leg of lamb were used to serve the Boney M group a five star meal. Liz Mitchell and her touring party raved about the food and the Meerendal Wines, that included 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon served from magnums.

The farmers food market that we introduced last year has proved to be very popular. It takes place on the second Saturday of each month and provides lots of things to buy
and enjoy.

It runs from 09:00 till 14:00 and there is a wide selection of foods: fresh farm bread, pesto and olives, homemade pies, preserves, honey, waffles, biltong and droëwors, rusks, cakes, fudge and garden plants. There are pony rides and a jumping castle to entertain the kids while you shop.

Dates for the Farmer's market for 2012:
14 January 2012, 11 February 2012, 10 March 2012, 25 March 2012, 14 April 2012, 12 May 2012, 16 June 2012, 14 July 2012, 11 August 2012, 15 September 2012, 13 October 2012, 10 November 2012, 8 December 2012.

Meerendal to host the prologue of the Absa Cape Epic 2012:

Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville is proud to be a partner of the Absa Cape Epic, the largest mountain bike stage race in the world.

The participating riders are at the focal point of this highly regarded international event. Their satisfaction, well-being and enjoyment of the race are the organisers' primary goals.

The dramatic new route of the ninth edition of the Absa Cape Epic, which takes place from 25 March to 1 April next year (2012), will be as exciting and challenging as previous years.

To download the full press release, please click below:

>>ABSA Cape Epic Press Release

A new feature at the Tasting room and Cellar door sales with its fantastic view from the balcony is the introduction of cheese platters.

Our cheese partner is Simonsberg Cheese and we made a selection of Camembert, Gouda, Cheddar and Simonzola cheeses from their port folio to have available as snack platters during wine tastings.

The cost is R65 per platter for two persons and will be available during the normal hours of the tasting room.