As many of you may know, Cape Town is well known for its famous wine farms, in particular, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek.

Join the Vrede en Lust Wine Club today and enjoy the exclusivity of our distinctive hand-crafted wines and value-added offerings in the form of discounts on products and accommodation on our beautiful estate.

Vrede en Lust, the majestic wine estate situated at the foot of the Simonsberg between Paarl and Franschhoek, has added to its impressive awards tally in 2017.

Join one of the Vrede en Lust Red Ladies on one of their informative and educational cellar tours. See and learn more about our wine production facility, winemaking equipment, winemaking techniques and how they affect the style of our wines.

It is with sadness but great appreciation that we say goodbye to our head winemaker of 11 years, Susan Erasmus, at the end of this month.

Vrede en Lust Wine Estate outside Franschhoek has installed the first BMW-i charging station at the property, in conjunction with Paarlberg BMW and BMW-South Africa.

A restaurant-style dish of duck with a homemade jus.

It was at the Fruit and Wine Pairing during Vrede en Lust’s recent Harvest Celebration in March that this beautiful bright winemaker’s innate passion for and astounding knowledge of winemaking struck me for the first time.

Vrede en Lust Wine Estate has shown its mastery in the making of both red and white blends with an impressive performance at the annual National Wine Challenge (NWC).

The first braai broodjie was probably born out of what was available in the fridge: bread, cheese, sliced tomato, onion, and Mrs Ball’s chutney. Nonetheless it was an ingenious invention.