Paarl, a scenic valley around a wine city

Paarl has a reputation of being one of the oldest cities that can boast of wine tradition. Tradition of wine in Paarl is older than Oak trees in Cape of Good Hope. In 1652, the first European colonizers had planted the Oak seeds in Cape Town that gave Cape the reputation of wine manufacturing city.

Cape Town has good experience of making wine by pressing delicates fruits, but now time and technology has changed, numbers of methods and technologies have been developed for making finest wine. So, now Cape Town has become one of the leading finest wine manufactures.

Forget all historic rulers, period and activities of Paarl, the testing of wine in Paarl require every high concentration and skill that makes wines of Paarl finest.

Apart from being a beautiful scenic city, Paarl has one more interesting thing and that is wine. So let’s start our journey of the land manufacturing world’s finest wines.

The famous Garagiste, the heretic wine makers of France, had moved from France to Cape Town and are working independently on manufacture of wines. Their special skills have been rewarded by the climate in Paarl.

Attractions of Paarl The Red Route As the name suggests, finest quality and large quantity of red wine is manufactured here. Red Route is very relaxing and wonderful journey for the travelers. Red Route was set up by a group of wine merchants (Paarl Vintners). 24 Paarl vintners had set up this Red Route all belong to Paarl valley except one or two who belong to De Zoete Inval estate possessed by Frater family. Wines have been in manufacturing for more than a period of 115 years. Since 1692, Rhebokskloof estate has been manufacturing wine but unfortunately wine produced in that period is already consumed.

No doubt, Red Route is the best and renowned group of wine manufactures in the world. So, your efforts for searching Red Route will not go in vain and would not create an inconvenience for your tasting buds. The Shiraz, Cabernet and Sauvignon of Red Route are, of course, the finest in the world.

Fairview After experiencing Ret Route, another finest place to experience along the journey is Fairview, which adds another good experience in the journey of Paarl.

Fairview is the finest and largest cheese producer of South Africa. Fairview has experience of more that 25 years to manufacture chesses from the milk of goats, Jersey cow, Camembert and Brie. Large variety of French and Italian style cheeses is manufactured in Fairview.

The cheese is not enough to motivate you to visit Fairview; a brief historical rundown about Fairview would motivate you to visit it.

Not only cheese, but fine quality of wine is also produced in Fairview. Simon Van Der Stel, the 2nd governor of Cape Town had given land in Fairview to a French Protestant named Steven Vervey in 1693. In 1699, for the first time, wine was manufactured in Fairview and since then it has undergone number of changes.

The Nederburg Auction Auction is the biggest wine festival of Paarl; for wine tasters it is like a world Cup. It is normally organized at the end of summer. Auction lets all visitors to taste different kinds of finest wines of the world.

Along with good wine, Cape also lets all visitors to experience good food available at restaurants. Good food and wine will add a jewel in your tour of Paarl.

Paarl is also rich in history and number of architectural wonders. Every estate in Paarl has its own special attraction. A goat tower at Fairview, gargoyle and a gable are some of the unique attractions of Paarl.