AA Badenhorst Family Wines
A Swartland estate on a historic farm, making natural, unrestrained reds and whites.
Trip Role
Ideal stay
Our take
Swartland natural wine, served unpolished — the way it should be.
Swartland natural wine, served unpolished — the way it should be.
- Trip Role
- Worth a Detour
- Ideal Stay
- 2 hours
Why it's worth your time
Characterful, unpolished in the best way, and one of the farms that made the Swartland's name. Tasting by appointment; come for the old-vine story, not the view.
What we love
The unrestrained, unreconstructed cellar and the Secateurs red.
What to know
Run by Adi Badenhorst (cousin to Eben Sadie) on the historic Kalmoesfontein farm; the Secateurs red is the everyday bottle that put Swartland natural wine in everyday cellars.
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