Stellenbosch Wine Routes

Discover world-class wines, historic estates, and breathtaking vineyard landscapes in South Africa’s iconic wine region

“The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation.”
— Benjamin Franklin

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Rows of grapes in picturesque Stellenbosch wine region with Thelema Mountain in background - Shutterstock

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In today’s email:

• Stellenbosch Wine Routes

• Five Places Where Medieval Europe Still Stands

• Around the World: Vredenheim Big Cats,
  Stellenbosch Botanical Garden, A Fortress Above Málaga, Portugal’s Alentejo will Change Your Pace and a whole lot more…

• Seasonal & Special Occasions To Add To Your List

• Into Orbit: NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-13 Mission to Space Station

• From Social Media: Liverpool Street, City of London

• Travel Grub: Banana Bread Recipe

• Curious Cove: Inside South Africa’s Most Exclusive Wine Farms

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Stellenbosch Wine Routes

The Stellenbosch Wine Routes is one of South Africa’s most established and celebrated wine tourism regions, connecting more than 200 wine and grape producers within the scenic Stellenbosch area of the Western Cape. The region offers visitors a diverse experience of world-class wine estates, historic Cape Dutch farms, fine dining restaurants and breathtaking mountain and vineyard landscapes

Zevenwacht Wine Estate located in Kuils River, Cape Town - Shutterstock

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Five Places Where Medieval Europe Still Stands

Transylvania sits in the centre of Romania, ringed by the arc of the Carpathian Mountains. The name is widely known, often through fiction, but the real region is quieter and far more interesting than the legends suggest. For more than 800 years it has been a meeting point of cultures: Romanian, Hungarian, Roma, and, most visibly in its architecture, German. In the 12th century, Hungarian kings invited settlers from the Rhine and Moselle valleys to develop and defend this frontier land. Those settlers became known as the Transylvanian Saxons, and the towns and villages they built still shape the landscape today.

Spectacular morning view of Bran Castle, Romania - Shutterstock

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Around the World

Vredenheim Big Cats

At Vredenheim Wine Farm, visitors can experience a unique blend of Stellenbosch winelands charm and close-up wildlife encounters. The Big Cats Park offers guided feeding tours where lions, tigers and leopards can be observed safely and closely

Stellenbosch Botanical Garden

The Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden is the oldest university botanical garden in South Africa and a beautifully maintained green space dedicated to conservation, research and public enjoyment

The Majestic Jonkershoek Mountains

The rugged Jonkershoek Mountains, which form part of the Boland Mountains, are ideal for hiking enthusiasts. The Eerste, Berg, Lourens and Riviersonderend rivers all start high in these mountains, although only the Eerste River actually flows through the Jonkershoek valley

Rupert Museum

The Rupert Museum is a renowned art museum located in Stellenbosch, South Africa, showcasing an exceptional private collection of modern South African art gathered by Anton Rupert and Huberte Rupert

Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden

The Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden is a remarkable outdoor art experience set in Stellenbosch, South Africa, where nature and sculpture blend seamlessly into a dramatic mountain landscape

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Portugal’s Alentejo will Change Your Pace

While the crowds queue in Lisbon and stake out sun-loungers on the Algarve, the Alentejo — the vast interior plain that stretches between Portugal’s capital and the Spanish border — sits in warm, wheat-coloured silence. This is Portugal’s largest region by far, covering roughly a third of the country’s land while holding barely a tenth of its people, and that emptiness is exactly the point. It is a land of cork oak forests so old the trees predate the monasteries — Portugal produces half the world’s cork, and the Alentejo alone accounts for more than half of that total, its ancient montado woodlands ranking among the most expansive in Southern Europe.

The Fort and Castelo of Marvao on the Hill of Castelo de Marvao in Alentejo, Portugal - Shutterstock

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Seasonal & Special Occasions To Add To Your List

Explore this list of seasonal activities not to be missed.

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Into Orbit

NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-13 Mission to Space Station

NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation mission to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Monday, Aug. 3, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston

Scientists may have found the 1st twin star system where both stars exploded

For the first time, scientists may have discovered a binary system—like the twin suns of the fictional planet Tatooine in "Star Wars"—where both stars exploded as supernovas, a new study finds.

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From Social Media

Liverpool Street, City of London

Travel Grub

Recipe

Banana Bread Recipe

Curious Cove

Inside South Africa’s Most Exclusive Wine Farms

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