Steenberg
A historic Constantia estate with a hotel, a golf course, and one of the best restaurants in the valley.
Trip Role
Ideal stay
Our take
The most grown-up tasting room in the valley, with the deepest history.
The most grown-up tasting room in the valley, with the deepest history.
- Trip Role
- Quick Stop
- Ideal Stay
- Half day
Why it's worth your time
Come for lunch at Bistro Sixteen82 or Catharina's, stay for the wine. The oldest farm in Constantia and the most grown-up of the valley's tasting rooms.
What we love
The Bistro Sixteen82 tasting room on the original werf, and the golf-course setting.
What to know
Founded 1682 — the oldest farm in Constantia, older than the formal wine industry. The original grantee was Catharina Ras, a widow whose survival story is one of the early Cape's most remarkable.
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