Wednesday, 5 February, 2025 to Sunday, 30 March, 2025
La Motte
La Motte invites guests to join the La Motte Harvest Experience and be part of the Winelands' special harvest-time joys. Share in the blessing of having a harvest, the summer beauty of the Franschhoek Valley, and the passions of the La Motte family.
What you can expect from the La Motte Harvest Experience
One of the estate’s enthusiastic and knowledgeable wine tasting ambassadors will guide you on this celebration of unique harvest traditions:
- In the vineyard: Enjoy an introduction to the various varieties, harvest processes and the estate’s biologic farming practices. Spot the differences between the various varieties and taste the sweetness of the ripe berries.
- In the cellar: Experience the hand-sorting of grapes, crush, pump-overs and other cellar activities, concluded with a tasting of grape must (fermenting grape juice) from a fermentation tank. (Cellar activity will depend on the specific day's harvest action.)
- In the tasting room: Enjoy a tasting of La Motte’s award-winning collection of wines – six wines from the La Motte Classic and Estate Collection. You can also enjoy the famous La Motte mosbolletjie as part of the tasting.
- In the shade of the age-old oaks: Relax in the calm ambience of the estate gardens and enjoy a beautiful harvest-inspired small plate from L'Ami Family Brasserie – with a glass of wine of course! (Only available as part of the morning edition.)
The Harvest Experience (R190 per person) includes the vineyard and cellar tour and wine tasting. It takes about 90 minutes and is available from Tuesdays to Sundays at 10h00 and 15h30, starting from 5 February to the end of March.
Harvest Plate
A delicious Harvest Plate menu is additional and optional and available as a light lunch after the morning edition of the Harvest Experience (R150 per person). Choose between Winelands favourites and summer tastes on a small plate: Farm sausage with homemade grape blatjang and mustard, Cape Malay hake samoosas with a grape salsa, or almond gazpacho with grapes and herbs. Your choice of a glass La Motte Sauvignon Blanc or Millennium is included.
Reservations for the Harvest Experience and optional Harvest Plate are required and can be made online. Click HERE to book.