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Did you know?

  • One barrel of wine equals 1 800 glasses of wine
  • A ton of grapes makes about 720 bottles of wine
  • One vine produces between 24 and 36 glasses of wine
  • Each bottle of wine contains about 1,5kg of grapes
  • There are between 35 and 60 clusters of grapes per vine
  • One hectare of land is home to between 3 000 and 6 000 vines, and sometimes even up to 10 000
Robertson Wine Valley Stats
Number of vines:    47,5 million
% Of total SA Wine Grape vines:  14.4 %
Area hectares:   14 004.28 ha
% Of total SA Wine Grape hectares:
(www.sawis.co.za)
13.86%
Average annual rainfall low:   150 mm
Average annual rainfall high:   321 mm
Average day temp summer:   28.6 ° C
Average night temp summer:   14.1 ° C
Average day temp winter:    21.1 ° C
Average night temp winter:
(Infruitec Nietvoorbij)
7.4 ° C
Distance from Cape Town:   170 km (+- 90 minutes drive)
Altitude:  +- 181 m