Springfield Estate
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The Bruwer family has farmed Springfield, outside Robertson, since 1898. Their motto is “Made on Honour”: wild-yeast ferments where they can, little intervention, and many wines bottled unfined and unfiltered. In the red cellar the wine moves by gravity, with no pumps or crushers.
Wine Valley Safari stops here on the Golden Ticket.
We book the tasting.
You choose the glass.
In the heart of the Robertson Valley
The Bruwers descend from French Huguenots who left the Loire in 1688, and the family counts nine generations. The cellar dates from 1902. The Wild Yeast Chardonnay ferments in underground cement tanks and never sees wood, so the grape and the soil do the talking.
On a Wine Valley Safari
Springfield is on our Golden Ticket VIP Wine Safari, with Zandvliet and De Wetshof. Estate olives come with the tasting. From R995 a person. Your host confirms the stops and times 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.
What to taste
Check out our Springfield Wine Quiz here.
The whites are the Life From Stone and Special Cuvée Sauvignon Blancs, the Wild Yeast and Méthode Ancienne Chardonnays, the Miss Lucy blend and an Albariño. The reds are Thunderchild, the Whole Berry Cabernet Sauvignon, the Work of Time Bordeaux-style blend and the Méthode Ancienne Cabernet Sauvignon. There is also a Cap Classique, Garuzis Brut.
Ask about the Méthode Ancienne wines, made the slow, old-fashioned way. Your host will say what is open on the day. The full list is on Springfield’s shop.
Olives with the tasting
Springfield’s tasting is informal. On the Golden Ticket, estate olives come with it. Springfield doesn’t run a restaurant; if lunch is on your safari, your host will plan it around the stop.
Cellar tours
Springfield runs free cellar tours of about an hour on weekdays. From January to March they start at 11h00 and 15h00; from April to December, any time between 09h00 and 16h00. There are no tours on weekends or public holidays. Ask your host whether one fits your day.
Hours, and how to find them
Tasting room: Monday to Friday 09h00–17h00, Saturday 09h00–15h00, public holidays 09h00–15h00. Closed on Sundays, Good Friday, 25 December and 1 January. Springfield opened a new tasting room in 2026, so check the hours on its website before you visit.
Springfield Estate, Klipdrift, R317 (Bonnievale road), Robertson.
After the tour
If a bottle stayed with you, order it from the Springfield shop. Online orders need at least 12 bottles, then multiples of 6, and you can mix wines.
If you want the same stop again, write to info@winevalleysafari.com or call +27 81 740 0145.