Wine estate Durbanville Our pick Family friendly

Meerendal

Heritage Pinotage, restaurants and a boutique hotel

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Manor house and lawns at Meerendal, Durbanville

Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

  • RegionDurbanville
  • TastingsMay–Sep: daily 10:00–17:00 (last tastings 16:15) …
  • KidsFamily friendly
  • RestaurantBossa Winelands; 1702 Heritage Kitchen

About Meerendal

Established in 1702, family-owned Meerendal is home to what it calls Cape Town’s oldest producing vineyard and a 70-year-old Pinotage heritage block. With a tasting room open daily, two restaurants (Bossa Winelands and 1702 Heritage Kitchen) and a boutique hotel, it is easy to make a day of it.

Experiences

  • Estate, Collection and Reserve tastings
  • Sweet and non-alcoholic pairings
  • Cheese and charcuterie platters
  • Cocoafair chocolatier
  • Running, hiking and mountain-bike trails

Good to know

Tastings

  • May–Sep: daily 10:00–17:00 (last tastings 16:15)
  • Oct–Apr: Sun–Wed 10:00–17:00, Thu–Sat 10:00–18:00

From R85 (Estate Range, 3 wines)

Food

Bossa Winelands; 1702 Heritage Kitchen

Getting there

Vissershok Road, Durbanville 7550

+27 21 975 1655

Tips

  • Prices checked Oct 2026

Visiting with kids

The tasting room offers a Lego-themed kiddies tasting, so children have something of their own. Prices checked Oct 2026.

  • Lego kiddies tasting (R65)
  • Non-alcoholic pairing (R90)
  • Cocoafair chocolatier

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