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Planning a day out during a pandemic comes with its own unique set of issues.

Once you’ve done the standard back and forth with your partner – “what do you feel like doing?”… “I don’t know what you feel like doing?” – you soon realise that your options are limited.

There are only so many times that you can take a physically distanced stroll along the promenade before it gets boring.

If you’re stuck for ideas, and in search of an ‘aha moment’, consider this a helpful reminder that we live in a part of the world that is famous for its wine farms.

A wine farm is in many ways the ideal place to spend a day out. They’re airy and open, which makes physical distancing easier, and now, with the current regulations, a spot to try out a few wines, and leave with a bottle or two to round off the weekend at home.

Wine tasting is a given but unlike some other farms, Anthonij Rupert Wyne also offers a range of distinct wine tasting experiences, and spots to enjoy an excellent meal and a spectacular high tea.

If you’re keen to make a day of it, start with a brekkie at the Terra del Capo Tasting Room:

From there, you may want to take in the historic mid-nineteenth-century Cape Dutch Manor House or pay a visit to The Franschhoek Motor Museum for a look back at more than 100 years of motoring history with its unique and exciting collection of vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, and memorabilia.

After a spot of high tea – you can drink actual tea if you’re pacing yourself, or one of the decadent L’Ormarins range of Cap Classique wines – round things off by heading back to Terra del Capo to sample some of the wine farm’s Italian-inspired wines, and sit down to an incredible lunch.

Take a tour of that fine establishment, which includes a shop with a few goodies that you’ll want to pick up while you’re there:

 

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There is also an Italian Cheese and Wine Tasting presented by one of the Tasting Room assistants, who will take you through a cheese tasting, share information about how the cheeses have been made and their places of origin.

Head here to make a booking.

If you can’t make it out to the Anthonij Rupert Wyne estate, you can always recreate the experience at home by ordering a few bottles from their vast range of premium wine online.

They’ll deliver it to your door.

All you have to do then is add your own cheese and crackers.