Excelsior Wine Estate
Not sure what to taste? Take the Excelsior quiz and find your glass
The De Wet family has farmed Excelsior, near Ashton, since 1859, and owner Peter de Wet is the fifth generation. The Cape Revival manor house dates from the ostrich-feather years. The farm later bred horses, and its reserve wines carry the names of horses bred here.
Wine Valley Safari stops here on the Golden Mile.
We book the tasting.
You choose the glass.
In the heart of the Robertson Valley
Excelsior has 220 hectares under vine. The grapes are picked by hand, solar panels supply about half the farm’s power, and the wines go to more than 20 countries.
At the 2026 Michelangelo awards, the Purebred Malbec 2025 won Double Gold and the Malbec trophy. The Paddock Shiraz 2024, Merlot 2025 and Cabernet Sauvignon 2024 also won Double Gold.
On a Wine Valley Safari
Excelsior is one of the estates we draw from on the Golden Mile. Your host confirms the stops the day before. Meeting points are 10h00 at Blou Pieke Boutique Hotel, 48 Long Street, Montagu, and 11h00 at Four Cousins, 54 Voortrekker Avenue, Robertson.
The Classic Golden Mile is three estates from Van Loveren, Ashton, Bon Courage, Excelsior and Kranskop, from R650 a person, with tastings included. On the Golden Mile Deluxe, from R895 a person, you blend your own red at Excelsior. It is also a stop on the Golden Mile Birds and Wine tour.
What to taste
Check out our Excelsior Wine Quiz here.
The whites are a Sauvignon Blanc, the Purebred Sauvignon Blanc, a Chardonnay, a Viognier, Calcrete and the Norah Chardonnay. Caitlyn is the rosé. The reds are the Purebred Malbec, the Paddock Shiraz, a Merlot and a Cabernet Sauvignon. The three reserve reds are the Gondolier Merlot, San Louis Shiraz and Evanthius Cabernet Sauvignon.
Ask for the Malbec, the 2026 Michelangelo trophy winner. Your host will say what is open on the day. The full list is on Excelsior’s shop.
Graze Deli
The Graze Deli on the farm serves food to go with the wine. If lunch is on your safari, your host will plan it around the stop.
Blend, bottle, cork and label
In the tasting room beside the farm dam, Excelsior lets you blend your own red, then bottle it, cork it and label it to take home. It is the stop on the Golden Mile Deluxe. Excelsior also has wine walks and a guesthouse in the manor.
Hours, and how to find them
Excelsior doesn’t publish regular tasting-room hours on its website, so check with the estate before you visit. Festive season 2026: 24 and 31 December 10h00-13h00; 28 to 30 December 10h00-16h00; closed 25 to 27 December and 1 to 3 January 2027.
Excelsior Wine Estate, R317, Ashton.
After the tour
If a bottle stayed with you, order it from the Excelsior shop. Wines are sold by the bottle.
If you want the same stop again, write to info@winevalleysafari.com or call +27 81 740 0145.