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                <title>Dieu donne, Franschhoek</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The reason for recommending this place is not only the food but the setting. If you are going for a wine tour in the winelands region of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Paarl, then the combination of view and food here is ideal. It is slightly elevated as it requires a five minute drive up the valley, but this elevation offers beautiful views of the whole valley.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Camberley Winery</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[We travelled through the wine region of South Africa, visiting the beautiful wine estates of Waterford (chocolate nibbles with the wine), Boschendal and Constantia, each estate providing sublime views to accompany their delicious wine.<br> <br>However, our most memorable afternoon was at the Camberley winery which we felt compelled to visit as we hail from Camberley in Surrey. Our host, the manager, was most welcoming and gave us a personal tour and the opportunity to taste many fine red wines for free. Leafing through the guest book we could see that many lucky folk from Camberley had also been this way before.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Fairview Winery</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Great place to visit. Quirky winery, check out the emphasis on goats, with their goat clock tower and puns on many a classical French region in the wines they produce [Goats do Roam, Bored Doe, Goat Door, etc.] but with tasty stuff inside the bottle too. They do some excellent cheese and if the sun is out then the location is ace. So long as you're not the designated driver it's a perfect day out!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Warwick Wine Estate</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A beautiful setting to sit and relax tasting some of the best wine in South Africa. My wife is not normally a red wine person but she loves the Three Cape Ladies, a delicious red wine, while my preference is for the Trilogy with its richer more complex flavours.<br><br>If you join the Warwick Wine Family, they will arrange to send you a mixed case of wine every six months in the UK, and you get invited to their Garden Party in December, where you can get very drunk on the finest white and red wines for free. Another benefit is the 20% discount on buying wines at the estate]]></description>
                
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                <title>96 Winery Road</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A rustic restaurant with great food and wine. The resturant is next to the Ken Forrester Wine Estate, but they do wines from the Helderberg area. Wines outside Helderberg are in the rest of the world section.<br><br>They cater for both small and large parties of people with surprising ease. The steaks melt in your mouth, and if you have a sweet tooth, the duck &amp; cherry pie is very good. For dessert I've never got past the creme brulee, but they all look very good]]></description>
                
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                <title>Saxenburg Winery and Guinea Fowl Restaurant</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Wine buffs with a penchant for South Africa will need little introduction to Saxenberg, and this highly rated vineyard offers tastings and slightly reduced prices on its excellent wines.  But the main reason for visiting is its excellent restaurant, the Guinea Fowl.  Seriously impressive cooking is coupled with not-too-formal service.  Three of us had 'the works' for a birthday lunch and somehow the bill came to less than 1,000 rand.  In the summer it is hard to beat lunch on the terrace, with hazy views of the back of Table Mountain.  It's also one of the closest vineyards to Cape Town and only 15 minutes by car to the main airport.]]></description>
                
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                <title>La Colombeat Constantia Uitsig</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[La Colombeat Constantia Uitsig wine estate is now 50% owned by a black empowerment co-operative. The French style food at La Colombe was of a high standard – 'jalousie de langoustines' anyone? - with excellent service on a garden terrace by the vineyards. There is another restaurant (The Constantia Uitsig) overlooking the vineyards and a more informal restaurant (the River Café) in the courtyard behind the wine shop – noisy when we were there because of ‘the ladies who lunch’.]]></description>
                
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