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Durbanville Hills

Durbanville Hills is a wine farm in Durbanville, Cape Town, Western Cape. About 22 km from Cape Town.

22 km from Cape Town Restaurant

Durbanville Hills: Tangram and Crystal tastings above Table Bay

Durbanville Hills is the large, Distell-associated cellar on the Tygerberg hills with sweeping views toward Table Mountain and Table Bay. First vintage 1999, it remains a core Durbanville Wine Valley member and one of the most visitor-ready stops on the route: free self-guided Visitors Centre, priced Tangram and Crystal flights, chocolate/cheese/biltong pairings, a cellar tour option, Olive Grove Bistro and the destination Tangram Restaurant. Official site: durbanvillehills.co.za (age-gated). Contact: +27 21 558 1300 / info@durbanvillehills.co.za.

Because the public homepage is age-gated, visitor facts below are anchored on Dineplan (tasting room & Olive Grove menu last venue-verified 3 July 2026), wine.co.za Visitors Centre and Tangram listings, and Durbanville Wine Valley farm pages—not on inventing content behind the gate.

Free Visitors Centre, then taste

The Visitors Centre is free and self-guided. wine.co.za’s listing (linking the estate visitors-centre URL) describes an interactive map of cool-climate terroir and grower locations, displays on craftsmanship, and a central pod with VR headsets focused on the flagship Tangram and Collectors Reserve ranges. After the centre, guests move into tastings, Olive Grove or Tangram.

Published Visitors Centre / tasting-aligned hours (DWV + wine.co.za): Monday 12:00–18:00 (last rounds 17:00); Tuesday–Friday 10:00–18:00 (last rounds 17:00); Saturday & public holidays 10:00–17:00 (last rounds 16:00); Sunday 11:00–17:00 (last rounds 16:00).

Tangram, Crystal and other tasting options

Dineplan tasting-room menu (venue-verified July 2026) lists:

  • Tangram Tasting (white or red blend) — R85 (menu also shows a related R60 line—confirm at the counter which option applies)
  • Crystal Tasting — R120: 4 Durbanville Hills wines + 1 Collectors Reserve or cellar-door exclusive
  • Cellar Door Exclusive Tasting — R185: 5 Collectors Reserve / cellar-door wines (excluding brandy)
  • Chocolate & Wine Pairing — R155 (5 wines + 5 chocolates)
  • Cheese & Wine Pairing — R155
  • Biltong & Wine Pairing — R210 (6 wines)
  • Brandy Tasting — R60 (10-year potstill from 100% Merlot)
  • Cellar Tour & Tasting — R160 (bookings required 24 hours in advance per Distell DAM menu guidance)

Prefer live Dineplan figures over older Distell DAM PDF prices. Gift-shop Crystal vouchers have sometimes shown different rand amounts online—counter/Dineplan is the planning baseline for a visit.

Wine styles to expect across flights include Rhinofields and standard Durbanville Hills Sauvignon Blanc and other classic cultivars, Collectors Reserve labels (e.g. Cape Mist Sauvignon Blanc, Cableway Chardonnay, Lighthouse Merlot, Promenade Pinotage), Tangram white and red blends, Cap Classique and limited cellar-door exclusives including Noble Late Harvest and Merlot potstill brandy.

Olive Grove Bistro and Tangram Restaurant

Olive Grove Bistro is the casual indoor/outdoor option aligned with Visitors Centre hours: cheese and cheese-&-meat platters (Dineplan sample ~R345), tapas, burgers, wood-fired pizza, hake & chips, kids meals and a kiddies pairing (shortbread, candied chocolate, Cappy juice for under-12s).

Tangram Restaurant (Chef Tamzyn Ehlers per wine.co.za listing) is the view restaurant with breakfast, lunch and dinner service and a play area noted in tertiary listings. Published meal windows: breakfast daily 08:30–11:00; lunch daily 12:00–15:00; dinner Monday–Saturday 18:00–21:00 (desserts and last-rounds windows extend later per wine.co.za). A Wednesday Dinner Special (1 Jul–31 Dec on Dineplan copy) has been listed at R395 for any two mains + two Collectors Reserve glasses—confirm current special dates when booking. Book via +27 21 558 1300 / Dineplan.

Child-friendly overall; dogs outdoors only (DWV). Seasonal Sundown Sundays live music 15:00–18:00, October–March appears on the Durbanville Wine Valley farm page.

Seasonal harvest and evening experiences

Beyond standing menu items, Durbanville Hills periodically runs harvest and after-hours experiences (e.g. 2026 harvest vine-to-wine programmes with Tangram meal pairings, and tasting-under-the-stars evenings reported on wine.co.za). Treat those as dated campaigns—check the estate or wine.co.za diary before assuming they are running on your travel dates.

Why Tangram and Crystal matter for route planners

Tangram is both a restaurant brand and a tasting-flight name (and the estate’s flagship blend story in the Visitors Centre VR). Crystal is the mid-tier flight that mixes four core wines with one Collectors Reserve or cellar-door exclusive—usually the sweet spot for first-time visitors who want more than a blend tasting without committing to a full exclusive five. Add chocolate or cheese pairings if you are skipping a sit-down meal; book the cellar tour a day ahead if you want production context with your pours.

Durbanville Hills is the valley’s high-capacity, view-forward cellar door: free education upstairs in the Visitors Centre, clear Tangram/Crystal price ladders downstairs, and two restaurants that let you turn a tasting into a full Tygerberg afternoon or evening. Phone +27 21 558 1300 before peak weekends, and use Dineplan for the latest menu rand amounts.

Things to do at Durbanville Hills

  • Wine tasting & pairings

    Wine tasting (Tangram / Crystal / Cellar Door Exclusive)

    Official Dineplan menu (venue last verified 3 Jul 2026) for Tasting Room & Olive Grove Bistro: Tangram Tasting (white or red blend) R85 (menu also shows related R60 line — confirm at counter); Crystal Tasting (4 DH wines + 1 Collectors Reserve or cellar-door exclusive) R120; Cellar Door Exclusive Tasting (5 Collectors Reserve / cellar-door wines excl. brandy) R185; Chocolate & Wine Pairing (5 wines + 5 chocolates) R155; Cheese & Wine Pairing R155; Biltong & Wine Pairing (6 wines) R210; Brandy Tasting (10-year potstill from 100% Merlot) R60; Cellar Tour & Tasting R160 (bookings required 24h in advance per Distell DAM menu PDF). Older Distell DAM PDF listed lower rand amounts — prefer live Dineplan Jul 2026. — Booking/contact: +27 21 558 1300 / info@durbanvillehills.co.za; Dineplan https://account.dineplan.com/menu/8R61JmLK/6790

  • Wine tasting & pairings

    Chocolate & wine pairing

    wine.co.za Visitors Centre listing (links www.durbanvillehills.co.za/visitors-centre): free self-guided centre with interactive map, displays, VR for Tangram & Collectors Reserve; then tastings / Tangram / Olive Grove. Same open times as tasting centre.

    Details on the farm website ↗
  • Wine tasting & pairings

    Cheese & wine pairing

    Casual indoor/outdoor; Dineplan menus: cheese / cheese-&-meat platters R345; tapas, burgers, wood-fired pizza, hake & chips, kids meals, kiddies pairing (shortbread, candied chocolate, Cappy juice — under 12). — Hours align with Visitors Centre / tasting (DWV).

  • Wine tasting & pairings

    Biltong & wine pairing

    Official wine.co.za restaurant listing + Dineplan: Chef Tamzyn Ehlers; Table Mountain / Table Bay views; play area. Breakfast Mon–Sun 08h30–11h00; Lunch Mon–Sun 12h00–15h00; Dinner Mon–Sat 18:00–21:00 (starters/mains; desserts to 22:00; last rounds 23:00 per wine.co.za). Wednesday Dinner Special (1 Jul–31 Dec): R395 for any two mains + two Collectors Reserve glasses (Dineplan).

    Booking: +27 21 558 1300; Dineplan

    Details on the farm website ↗
  • Wine tasting & pairings

    Brandy tasting

    Durbanville Wine Valley farm page: live music Sundays 15:00–18:00 October–March. Child-friendly; dog-friendly outdoors only (DWV). Address: Tygerberg Valley Rd area / Cape Farms per Dineplan.

  • Wine tasting & pairings

    Cellar tour & tasting

  • Other experiences

    Visitors Centre (self-guided)

  • Restaurants & dining

    Restaurant (Olive Grove Bistro)

  • Restaurants & dining

    Restaurant (Tangram)

  • Wine tasting & pairings

    Kids pairing

  • Other experiences

    Events / Sundown Sundays (seasonal)

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Notable wines

Collectors Reserve; Rhinofields; Sauvignon Blanc; Tangram Restaurant views

Wines made here

Wine list from wine.co.za. The taste words are drawn from those notes, which are not reprinted here. Ask the cellar door what is pouring on the day.

Visiting with kids

Olive Grove Bistro at the tasting room serves pizzas, burgers and hake & chips, with outdoor seating beneath olive trees.

Possible with kids. About 22 min from Cape Town.

Casual food

Durbanville Hills is about 22 min from Cape Town without traffic. Olive Grove Bistro at the tasting room serves pizzas, burgers and hake and chips, with outdoor seating beneath olive trees — useful casual food when you need a quick feed with a view. The official site is age-gated; the bistro menu PDF is hosted on the owner's asset server. Tangram restaurant does breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Wednesday to Saturday. Secondary booking menus list a kiddies menu and pairing — those were not scored from official sources, so we stick to the verified casual bistro offer. Confirm current hours before you go.

Is there casual food for kids?

Yes — Olive Grove Bistro serves pizzas, burgers and hake and chips.

Is there an official kids menu?

Not verified from official sources when we checked (secondary booking menus list one).

How far is it from Cape Town?

About 22 min from Cape Town without traffic.

Nearby with children

  • Durbanville Nature Reserve — Nature reserve, Durbanville · 2 km Website
  • Intaka Island Bird Sanctuary — Nature reserve, Century City · 13 km Website
  • Ratanga Park (Century City) — Playground, Century City · 14 km
  • Two Oceans Aquarium — Aquarium, V&A Waterfront · 22 km Website

Family notes checked 5 October 2026. Confirm on the farm’s website before you drive. Source. More family farms in Durbanville. Things to do near this farm. Weddings on this farm.

Visiting with a dog

Durbanville Wine Valley association lists Durbanville Hills as Dog Friendly (Outdoors Only); official site could not be verified live.

Restaurant terrace

  • Secondary source: dog friendly outdoors only

Checked 6 October 2026. Source. More dog-friendly farms in Durbanville.

Weddings here

Indoor/outdoor private-function settings with Table Bay views (weddings not named officially)

Limited weddings. About 22 min from Cape Town. 28 min from the airport.

OutdoorIndoor

Conference room (seats 50) plus "many indoor and outdoor settings"

Uninterrupted view over Table Bay and rolling vineyards (official)

Durbanville Hills is listed as Limited in our Durbanville wedding audit: functions or partial wedding evidence only — confirm the current offering before you plan around it.

At a glance

  • Spaces: Conference room (seats 50) plus "many indoor and outdoor settings"

Rates on enquiry. Enquire via the estate's official events page.

Official page offers "celebration or private function" venues; weddings not named officially. Site age-gated (content via search snapshot + wine.co.za). Secondary (labelled): thewinery.co.za lists Indoor/outdoor use: both.

Couples comparing wedding venues in Durbanville should confirm ceremony timing, rain plans, supplier rules and noise curfews in writing. Use the estate's official enquiry channel and ask for a dated quote for your guest count.

Before you book, ask for a written summary of inclusions (tables, linen, staffing, bar, ceremony setup), finish times, rain plans and any compulsory suppliers or coordinator fees. Capacities and packages change, so treat directory figures as leads and rely on the estate's dated quote for your guest list and season.

Last checked 5 October 2026 against the estate's official information. Confirm details directly before booking.

Does Durbanville Hills publish a guest capacity?

No clear seated capacity was published on the pages we checked. Ask the estate for current limits.

What does a wedding at Durbanville Hills cost?

Rates are on enquiry. Ask for a written quote covering venue hire, catering and any accommodation.

Does Durbanville Hills host full weddings?

Our audit marks this estate as Limited: functions, small celebrations or older evidence only. Confirm whether they will host your wedding format.

Wedding notes checked 5 October 2026. Guest numbers and packages change. Ask the farm for the current offer. Enquire. Source. More wedding farms in Durbanville. With kids. With dogs. Tours.

Tours that stop here

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Questions before you go

Where is Durbanville Hills?

Durbanville Hills is at Durbanville Hills Wine Estate, Tygerberg Valley Road area, Durbanville, Cape Town, 7550. Most visitors drive there from Cape Town in 15–40 minutes.

When is Durbanville Hills open?

Open Sunday · Open public holidays. Hours change, so call +27 21 558 1300 before you drive.

Can I do a wine tasting at Durbanville Hills?

Yes, tastings are listed. A current price is not on this page yet, so call +27 21 558 1300 for fees.

Can I eat at Durbanville Hills?

Yes, there is a restaurant on the farm. Book ahead for weekend lunches.

Wine of Origin

Geographical unit: Western Cape → Coastal Region → Cape Town → Durbanville

The Cape Town district covers the city's Wine of Origin wards — Constantia, Durbanville, Philadelphia, Hout Bay — the closest vineyards to the urban visitor.

Terroir snapshot

Elevation and soil figures are modelled at the pin, not a vineyard block survey. Use them to compare farms, not to quote a technical sheet.

Latitude
-33.8283
Longitude
18.6361
Elevation
176 m (Open-Meteo)
Soil pH
6.2 (SoilGrids 0–5 cm)
Clay
11% (SoilGrids)
Organic C
46.3 g/kg (SoilGrids)

Sources

  • Wine route membership: association listing
  • Wine list: wine.co.za
  • Family notes: farm website, checked 5 October 2026
  • Wedding notes: farm website, checked 5 October 2026
  • Dog notes: farm website, checked 6 October 2026
  • Tours: operator pages
  • Elevation: Open-Meteo
  • Soil: ISRIC SoilGrids

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