Oldenburg Vineyards launches dramatic and modern new cellar door


- Cathy Marston


t the end of a winding gravel road and nestled in amongst the Jonkershoek and Franschhoek mountain ranges, lies the new home of Oldenburg Vineyards. The Cellar Door building which houses the tasting room, vinoteque and offices was designed by Cape Town architect Simon Beerstecher (the architect responsible for the equally dramatic and beautiful makeovers of Glen Carlou and Rustenberg). It is a modern building, yet it is also rooted in its natural surroundings and African heritage, with a combination of wooden beams forming a central apex for the thatched roof, and intricate lighting design illuminating the entrance pathway of trees, elegant fountain and large ceramic planters.


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Entering through the automatic sliding glass doors, you immediately come face to face with one of the limited edition photographs by celebrated artist Nick Brandt which is hung above a dual-facing fireplace (perfect for winter wine tastings). Stepping aside to enter the main room proper, it is as if you were walking into the very mountains themselves, as full- height glass windows and doors draw your gaze up and over the fynbos garden, past the rows of vines to the very top of Rondekop hill and into the stern peaks beyond.


Oldenburg’s tasting room


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