Steenberg Vineyards

Bistro Sixteen82 a highlight of our trip! Brad Ball head chef of the bistro a master of the cullinary world! Steempnberg Sauvignon Blanc 2012 – 8/10!

The tasting room staff was absolutely fabulous in my book. Probably the best customer service i have ever experienced at a wine tasting room. The wines were simply mind blowing and the people were professional enough to know their wines. The ambience was also very calm and relaxing. Steenberg estate gets 2 thumbs up in my book.

Maybe I was just too hyped to visit Steenberg. We had tasted the Most Amazing Shiraz and the Cape Town Food Fair, so I expected a lot, and as a result, was quite disappointed. The restaurant was awesome and the whole ambience of the place was great. It was the tasting that was the let down. The tasting room staff were snooty and many of the wines were out of stock…perhaps I should go back on another day and give this flagship estate another go?

11.08.2012. Great breakfast and tasting at Bistro 1682 and the tasting room. The staff ever helpful, presenters knowledgeable and even though there was crap weather outside, the over all experience warm and friendly.

Tried the Steenberg at Bistro 1682. Probably the most expensive burger I’ve tried to date at R105 but well worth it. They only make 10 of these on a Friday and you have to be quick to book as these beefy bites are extremely popular. What makes it so expensive? Possibly the Foie gras on top which makes it extremely rich and decadent. If you are a fan of burgers then these one’s are well worth a try. Also loved the garlic salted chips. YUMMY!

Lovely new tasting facility and formidable wines. Personable and attentive welcome by well informed staff. Bistro next door serving nice food.

Awesome winery!!!! Loved their extensive range of wines! The Magna Carta sauv blanc/semillon blend was out of this world!

This was an incredible experience, the wines are of top qualtiy and the ambience superb. the service was excellent and food to die for. Nothing is more satisfying than the entire experience.

When it’s cold, light your fire in your tasting room!! Also, although we had a fairly good time, we had children with us and when we asked for coldrinks for the children we were told we could only get from the restaurant, but we couldn’t do our tasting in the restaurant.
Otherwise the champagne was excellent and the setting beautiful!

Legendary.

Stayed here the previous evening and was our first wine tasting of the morning. We are served by the tasting room mangeress, who could not have been more accommodating. Love the stories about their wine names and the Steenberg Estate. Very modern tasting room with greta views up the mountain. Tasted all their range. Stand outs for me were the rose MCC and their premium SB. Also liked the nobilio (spp?)

My visit to Steenberg on Sunday was an excellent introduction to Cape wines. The wine tasting was presented to us by Graham, who was very knowledgeable and informative. He gave us an excellent history of the farm, and blended in wonderful stories behind the names of the wines. Although I am not a connoisseur, I was impressed by his ability to teach me how to best appreciate the wines. I really enjoyed all the wines, but particularly the MCC which was quite delicious – so much so that I had to buy some. We loved the atmosphere, the vistas and the sculptures in the gardens. I can thoroughly recommend the experience, and do ask for Graham as he was certainly most charming.

Much as I love the wine, i also love the ambience; the decor is modern yet unique. I’ve never seen anything like that chandelier. This visit I also had the significance of the shapes pointed out to me which was interesting. It’s very novel.
The wine tasting experience itself was also excellent. I can’t wait to tell everyone about it

I love this winery. Wine, food, service and scenery is great!!! Can’t wait to go back here. My favourite wines were Super Premium Steenberg Sauvignon Blanc 2008 and the Super Premium Steenberg Sauvignon Blanc 2010. The Hanepoot was also a nice wine.
I have written a review on my blog: http://westerncapewineries.blogspot.com/2011/03/steenberg-constantia.html

tasted nice wooded sauvignon blanc as well as good mcc

Wonderful location. Staff very helpful and knowledgeable. Lunch at 1682 rounded of this visit.

Be it either your first or the final stop on the Constantia Wine Route, Steenberg leaves a lasting impression. I was mightily impressed by the friendly reception we received as we entered the tasting room (and what better way to start a tasting than with the 1682 Blanc de Blanc!) The farm offers great service without being too formal. The tasted the new HMS range of which the HMS Sphynx (a lightly wooded Chard) as my favourite between the two. I’ll be back again soon, that Nebbiolo is calling my name!

Love the unique glam Steenberg brings to the wonderful Constantia Wine Route!
Professional staff, not unfriendly, but not quite as bubbly as their MCC.
- Unusual but yummy Sauv Blanc 08, and the special price on at the moment is tempting!
- Delish Shiraz 08.
- Best Merlot I’ve had in a long while.
- Klein Steenberg Bordeaux unbalanced – too acidic, not enough fruit.
- Catharina balanced, but lacking substance. Almost watery.
OK, I’m biased about Bordeauxs. Constantia Glen has completely spoiled me.
And I have a very trainee palate.
Ja no well fine.

what a magnificant wine farm…and right on my own doorstep noggal! highly recomend all Muizenbergians to take a Saturday morning and visit Steenberg Vinyards. Whether you know much about “the vine” or not, do yourself a favour – get educated here!

I could stay here forever sipping Pinot noir MCC in the imaginative interior and lush surroundings of Steenberg Vineyards.

The venue looks really cool. It reminded me of a wine tasting at the Ontario Wine Estate. Would come back again.

Awesome experience. Very knowledgable John. A must-visit wine farm with a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere. The wine is amazing – especially the Shiraz. 2 thumbs up

Great venue with great service. Had some friends from the UK over in Feb ’10 and couldn’t have picked a better day. Saturday morning, sun shining wine flowing.. bliss

This is one of the wineland’s most magical places. I’ve had several visits here, each time after a new release, their latest the bubbly, but I hear there’s a Chardonnay that’s just been released…will try it as soon as possible! The tasting room staff are a great team, especially Linzi, who is helpful and well-informed and very friendly. When you are there, ask about the grapes hanging from the ceiling…and spot the odd one out!

awesum vineyard!
always have a great time when im at steenberg.
excelent service, great enviroment.

Thank you to Bertil, Reinhold and Janina for your lovely comments – happy you’re enjoying our wines, our restaurant and the “feel and look” at Steenberg!

We really loved our lunch here and especially the Suvignon blanc reserve 2009

All wines are and will always be superb.
steenberg MCC is meant for greatness, good luck for the future all at Steenberg.

Thanx

Love the new Rattlesnake Sauvignon Blanc! Love the architecture!

Lovely tasting room, friendly staff and exceptional service. Unfortunately the wines were disappointing and overpriced.

Thanks for the entertaining wine tasting! We would love to come back but unfortunately we have to go back to Germany!

steenberg winery is amazing. the staff are friendly and deliver exceptional service. the views are beautiful and the atmosphee pleasant. thank you for a wonderful experience.

Awesome wines! Beaut views! Great atmosphere! My favorites- Steenberg Shiraz 2008 and Cap Classique of course!!!

Hi Everyone!

We have finally made it onto spitorswallow…

Thank you to each and every one of you for taking the time to rate and review us. Your comments have helped to keep the staff motivated!

The reality of this platform is that we may not be able to please all of you, but for what it’s worth; we hear you and welcome your suggestions to ensure an awesome experience for all.

I feel “poor” everytime I walk into the tasting room, but then the friendly welcome makes me file so much at home. Wines in general are superb. One of only two merlots in SA that I would strongly recomend. No wonder their Red brdx blend is such an elegant wine.

At the time of writing this they were rated the nr 1 estate on spitorswallow …and I have to disagree… It is a great place, but I do not think they deserve this status…do love the friendliness of the staff, and the fact that you can pick different tasting formats. But hey, this is more or less were SA wine industry started right?

Absolutely amazing – Zelda really knows her stuff. A definite visit

we actually wanted to give a 9 but press the wrong key.. Excellent tasting and great knowledge of wines..

Very friendly service and quality setting. Wines were dissapointing though. Seemed to lacked substance in my opinion

Finally visited Steenberg Wine Estate – fantastic service, but their wines were outweighed by their breath-takingly beautiful tasting room. Will definitely visit them again just to enjoy the scenery, but better wines can be had somewhere else.

I finally made my way down the long and winding M3 to pop in at Steenberg for a night of Operampanje (Opera and Champagne) and must admit that my expectation of this winefarm was exponentially exceeded. Well done because it takes quite a lot to tickle me! Great service paired with a fantastic setting, or settings depending on where you decide to sit, will make any occasion special. If it is just a quick drop-in to sample some of their wines or if you’re planning to make a day of it, this is the place to be.

What a briliant tasting money ,money and more money thrown at wine but the end result is briliant.

They obviously spared no expense here and it shows. The staff is friendly and informative and accommodating. Magna Carta is exceptional and the MCC’s are great… The Bistro serves great food at reasonable prices and the service is on par with the setting – faultless

Slick… overlooking a cool cut uptown golf course, I sipped a sensational Brut to the repetitive gawking of the Hadedas and the splashing of the wild ducks in the pond, whilst wondering “…what if the prisoners broke out of Pollsmoor?… would i be dinner tonight?” A complete experience. Complete with danger, intrigue, suspense and lots of prized vino.

Verlede week Dinsdag het ons Steenberg besoek, nadat vriende die wyne aanbeveel het. Met groot afwagting en opgewondenheid het ons by die pragtige proelokaal opgedaag en was vriendelik ontvang. Ons het onsself tuisgemaak op een van die heerlike banke en ons gereed gemaak vir ‘n wonderlike wynproe-geleentheid. Ongelukkig het die proe nie heeltemal aan ons verwagtinge voldoen nie. Ons het onder-andere probeer om die Merlot 2005 en Merlot 2008 te vergelyk, maar kon egter nie aangesien die temperatuur van die wyne radikaal verskil het. Dit het dus die hele geleentheid ‘n effense suur smaak gegee.

Absolutely incredible setting. No expense spared. Loved the rimflow pools and the dangling glass above the tasting counter. Also, look out for the vineyard look to the toilets.

The highlights in the wines are the Magna carta (if you can get it) and in slightly lesser vintages the little brother of it, the Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon. A nice big selection of wines to choose from – 2 terrific MCC’s also a standout.

One of the best tastings I’ve had in a long time. The tasting room and deck are funky chic, the staff are professional and know their stuff and they coped efficiently with a really busy tasting room. We never felt rushed or neglected. And the wines start at good and go all the way up to exceptional. Well worth a visit. I liked that they have some older vintagee s of a couple of the wines so you get to taste the young one and an older version. A rare pleasure.

Very cool and funky tasting area, outside and in. We only had a twenty minute tasting here as we only had a short time before meeting friends for lunch elsewhere. During this time we were extremely well looked after, In general the wines were all good to excellent. Restaurant was busy and menu looked appetising. Looking forward to a return visit to give Steenberg more of my time!

Had a cracker of a meal at Catharinas last night… 1999 Merlot is superb! Oh, and the food was excellent too

So the official opening of Steenberg’s new tasting room and Bistro is on Friday the 13th. I got to see this spectacular place yesterday already and boy is it hot or what? All the hard work that went into building the new tasting room was worth every drop of sweat. The new look definitely puts them in the top spot of hotness in the Constantia valley.

We were very fortunate to taste the Klein Steenberg Sauvignon Blanc 2009, which will only be released on Friday the 13th. A definite buy for the summer at only R42. We tasted their whole premium range (which is for free) and also got a sip of the Catharina 2002 from their Ultra Premium collection. Super delicious at R180 a bottle.

Looking forward to try out the Bistro which will serve mostly breakfast and tapa’s. Definitely the new hot spot for summer! Have a look at the photo gallery for a sneak preview.

A great mix of golf and wine! Looking forward to returning to the challenging course.

We spent a great hour there this afternoon – the staff were so welcoming and helpful,
and who can resist a taste of bubbly upon arrival?
Beautiful scenery and also very child friendly – fab.
Another unexpected bonus is that the wine tasting is free (although you do need to pay for the premium wine tasting)

Visited Steenberg during a quick and sneaky lunch hour. Good thing is that work is 500m’s away, so a colleague and I went to the farm for their complementary tasting.

It’s another cold and rainy day in Cape Town (no surprises there), so the embracing fire in the tasting room was quite literally a warm welcome.

If I remember correctly, the complimentary tasting consisted of 6 of their wide variety of wines. (Unfortunately not any of the flag ship wines, but they were generally all very good )

My personal favorites were the Steenberg Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah and ofcourse the Catharina red blend [which i enjoyed the most].

We didn’t have enough time to visit the restaurant nor the spa, but i would highly recommend anyone to go experience and taste a bit of old Cape wine heritage.

I work in Steenberg Office Park and visited Steenberg during my lunch break. It is a reminder of how wine is an integral part of Cape Town and how this part of the Cape is where wine was first produced. Every day I drive past this wine farm on my way to work and this is one of the most historic farms in the Western Cape. The wine farm is surrounded by beauty. We enjoyed a tasting in a room heated by a fire of vines. There is a variety of wines from Sparkling and I particularly enjoyed the CATHARINA wine and hearing the story of this German woman who originally owned the farm and about her five husbands. We looked at the menu of the restaurant which looked really appealing but unfortunately had to go back to work.

Will link Steenberg to my Route 62 Group on facebook!

I visited Steenberg on one of those “cold and wet” days of the Cape! Once inside the tasting room, with a warm welcome from Lida van Heerden, the cold outside was forgotten and we could admire the beauty from our cosy spot at the tasting counter.
The tasting room was packed, but Lida treated each and every person with undevided attention!

The Sauvignon Blanc is an absolute winner! Magna Carta – WOW

See you again…..soon!

One of our fave Constantia wine producers. The Sunday buffet lunch with live jazz is a stunning special occasion event and washed down with Catharina 2006, from a comprehensive and balanced wine list, is memorable.
Not to be missed either, (if you can still manage to get a booking that is) are the monthly themed tastings presented by wine ponses like Karl Lambour, Miles Mossap, Boets Nel, JD Pretorious and more. So far we have had evenings on Nebbiolo, Old Whites, Bubbley, Shiraz, Riesling to name a view. It’s a great forum.
Glenda
http://www.capetownwine.info

I visited Steenberg wines last sunday, with sublime views and wines equally as good. I thoroughly enjoyed what they had to offer, and promptly bought a bottle, with a return visit planned to purchase more. A worthy stop on any wine lovers wine tasting tour.

So this is the oldest farm in South Africa. (According to Steenberg that is)Please take note though, it’s not the oldest wine farm, it’s the oldest farm. It was also the first piece of land that was given to a woman in South Africa by Mr. Simon van der Stel. I’ve been to Steenberg before and bought some good wine there. I must say, I enjoyed it even more this time around.

Our tasting was done by Lida van Heerden, who was absolutely FAB! She was so good, that she made their cheapest wine appear to be worth a million moelas.

I like the fresh look that they’ve got going. They bring something different to the Constantia region. I took a quick peak at the refurbished Catharina’s Restaurant. Job well done I would say!

Steenberg Wines are definately on my favourite list. Not only are their Sauvignon Blancs outstanding due to the perfect Climatic conditions and terroir of this region but their reds are outstanding too and age very well. I absolutely love their Rose which has a nose of a bowl of strawberries and a dry palate that lingers in flavour, perfect drink for Summer. I found their staff very professional and knowledgeful on their wines. Lindsay

Hi Copper

Glad you enjoyed the wine so much! The ageing potential of white wines from the Constantia Valley is amazing. If you can get your hands on the 2007 Reserve, it’s also drinking beautifully at the moment – and let me know if you find some somewhere. . . . . . .

Fantastic wine – had some of their Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2005 a couple of weeks ago and I was blown away!!!