Saturday 22 December 2012

Somerset West, Vergelegen (2)

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Vergelegen was the only wine estate visited by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during her 1995 state visit to South Africa - a good choice, as there's enough here to occupy even a monarch for an easy couple of hours.

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The interpretive centre, just across the courtyard from the shop at the building entrance, provides a useful history and background to the estate.

Next door, the wine-tasting centre offers professionally run sampling with a brief talk through each label.

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The homestead, which was restored in 1917 to its current state by Lady Florence Phillips, wife of a Johannesburg mining magnate, can also be visited.

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The massive grounds, planted with chestnuts and camphor trees and with ponds around every corner, make this one of the most serene places in the Cape.

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