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Cabrière
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Built in 1994 on the lower slopes of the Franschhoek Mountains, Cabrière is the brainchild of Achim von Arnim, one of the Cape's most colorful winemakers. To avoid scarring the mountain, the complex, which includes the fine Haute Cabrière restaurant, hunkers into the hillside. There are five Cap Classique sparkling wines under the Pierre Jordan label, and the fruity, mouth-filling Haute Cabrière pinot noir is consistently one of the best. Also delicious is the chardonnay-pinot noir blend, an ideal, extremely quaffable wine to enjoy at lunchtime. Take a Saturday-morning cellar tour with von Arnim or his son, Takuan, and watch him perform his trademark display of sabrage—the dramatic decapitation of a bottle of bubbly with a saber.
- Address: R45 (Pass Rd.), Franschhoek, 7690
- Phone: 021/876-8500
- Cost: Tastings and cellar tour R40
- Hours: Weekdays 9--5, Sat. 10--4, Sun. 11--4; tours Sat. at 11
- Website: www.cabriere.co.za
- Location: Franschhoek
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