Excelsior Estate has been owned by the De Wet family since 1870. The current owners are Freddie and his son, Peter de Wet. It is their philosophy at Excelsior that good wine is made in the vineyards and that the winemaker can only succeed if he has good, basic ingredients with which to work.
Visitors may samples some of these award-winning wines in the wooden beamed tasting room with doors opening onto a deck overlooking the vineyards and a dam where water birds make their home year round. In the distance the Langeberg Mountain range is capped with snow in winter and forms a backdrop in a palette of purple and blue in summer.
If you'd like to become an honorary De Wet family member, take up the tradition of blending your own varietal, bottle, cork and label your own creation and return home with a bottle of wine that combines generations of skill and flair with your own style.
Cellar tours are also available. Groups of up to 10 people are welcome but it is advisable to book in advance.
