Cabriere

<< Mar 2010 >>

Home of Pierre Jourdan and Haute Cabriere wines, the beautiful Cabriere, situated on the banks of the Franschhoek river, was granted to the French Huguenot refugee farmer Pierre Jourdan on the 22 December 1694. Today, the proprietor Achim von Arnim continues the pioneering spirit by specialising in Cape Classique sparkling wines. In the tradition of the Champagne he named his range of Methode Champenois wines after the founder, Pierre Jourdan.

Achim von Arnim's decades old belief is that wine is grown not made. The essence of his philosophy is proclaimed on a pillar carrying a sundial in the vineyards: "Sun, Soil, Vine, Man” The Haute Cabriere cellar is specially designed to handle Pinot Noir, the most fragile, delicate and demanding cultivar. The process of harvesting is totally gravity fed. The grapes enter through the roof of the cellar, the juice from crushing to pressing to filling the fermentation tanks, gently flows by its own gravity three storeys deep to the bottom of the mountain cellar.

Haute Cabrière Cellar Restaurant has become the flagship of our belief that "Culture is the ability to realise the full potential of a situation", our elegant wines are wines with lingering after-tastes that contribute greatly to the experience of "the true marriage of food and wine", the restaurant's concept, pioneered by Achim and Matthew Gordon, the chef patron. Innovative, mouth- watering seasonal courses are designed around the wide and versatile range of our wines, guiding the guests towards a food and wine match that is “made in heaven".