The Paarl district includes the popular Franschhoek Valley, enclosed on three sides by the towering mountains of Groot Drakenstein and Franschhoek, which created a free passage for the streams that flow down to form the Berg River. Franschhoek village itself has retained much of its French Huguenot character and is many Capetonians favourite destination for a weekend away. Its quaint traditional high street and World Class restaurants are the perfect accompaniment to the award winning wines this area produces in its fertile variety of conditions.
Wellington to its northwest is the supplier of 90% of the wine industries cuttings, with over thirty grapevine nurseries all benefiting from Wellington’s appropriate soil and warm summers.
The newest region of Simonsburg-Paarl on the northern and eastern foothills of the Simonsburg is quietly developing into a prime area for growing quality vines.