Villas are places of accommodation in Italy, right! In South Africa, when you stay on a wine estate, you can choose anything from self catering accommodation and BxB’s to luxurious, star-studded guesthouses and boutique hotels. But not villas. Well, until now, that is.
When the Bot River winemakers invited us to attend their annual harvest celebration, Barrels and Beards, earlier this year, we decided to make a weekend of it, and after some enquiries discovered that great accommodation was to be found on a new wine and olive estate, Barton Vineyards & Villas. It’s situated on the R43 about 5 km from Bot River and 25 km from Hermanus, in other words, close to every possible convenience.