WINE TOUR WITH A DIFFERENCE (Eco Wine Tour)

Wine tour, tasting and exploring the Cape Winelands just became even more fun with the launch of our new “Eco Wine Tour” that promises to be a truly unique experience!

The tour will focus on environmentally friendly activities, conservation and sustainable farming practices. This tour is not only for the nature lover, regular hiker, bird lover, plant fundi, organic enthusiast, but also aimed to please those who love to experience something different, meet people and have a zest for life.

Eco Friendly Wineries

You will experience: Organic, biological and sustainable farming practices, vineyard wine tasting surrounded by ducks, visit a private nature reserve and wineries reducing their carbon footprint by offsetting carbon emissions (e.g the planting of trees and using lighter glass bottles).

Birdseye view of Stellenbosch from the “penthouse”, discover the “big five”, 4×4 style, explore the Bottelary hills by foot and experience fynbos and renosterveld. Have lunch in an “amphitheatre of green”. Visit Cape Town’sonly City Winery – sample wine from the barrel, listen to wine stories from Camps Bay, Kalk Bay, Oranjezicht and Constantia. See the oldest wine producing vine in SouthAfrica. An unforgettable experience!

This is a fun, activity based tour that has been designed to not only focus on wine tasting but to equip you with knowledge and insight into the eco friendly world of wine and provide a hands on experience in what the South African wineries are doing to protect mother nature.

Tour Travel Taste

This tour is operated by PG Top Tours (Pieter Geldenhuys) and BottlePlatePillow (Charles Lourens). Charles, a garagiste winemaker and founder of the BottlePlatePillow concept, has a great passion for the Cape Winelands and promotes the accessibility and hospitality of the South African wineries with his “Wine farm search Engine“. Pieter has been a tour operator for the last 2 years and his vibrant personality will make him the perfect host for the Eco Wine Tour.

This tour is inclusive of all tasting, transport, guide and activities. The tour departs from Cape Town at 9am and will return by no later than 5pm. The eco tour is offered at R695 per person (min 4 guests – Subject to availability).  A special lunch package has been negotiated to compliment the eco friendly theme and is available at R75 (Excluding drinks and service fee)

 

 

 

 

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Please note: Not all the activities mentioned will be included in every trip. Some activities are weather depended and others must be grouped to ensure you will be back the same day! We will structure these tours to make the most of your Eco Wine Tour experience. We will stop at 3 Wineries and for lunch. (If your group has a special interest in e.g. hiking, please let us know and we will structure your tour accordingly – Or just leave it to us!)

Feel free to contact Charles at 082 375 2884 or send us an email to tours@bottleplatepillow.co.za

Tour operators and other hospitality partners: Book your guests and get involved

Comments (“Brag spot”)

Fred Roed: (World Wide Creative) – “Hey Charles – thanks again for the awesome trip, it was fantastic – educational, fun and inspiring all at the same time”

Chris von Ulmenstein: (Whale Cottage Guesthouse portfolio) – “On behalf of all of us, thank you for a wonderful day out, and for showing us how hard the wine industry works to go green”

Pia Taylor: (Mother City Living) – “Thanks so much for the invite – it was a wonderful day out.  Liz and I enjoyed ourselves immensely and will be spreading the word enthusiastically!”

Spatula Magazine: “The EcoWineTour is a wonderful experience, and highly recommended.”