Dornier Wine Estate
- Wines
- 3.8
- Visit
- 4.5
Tastings run every day, and the Bodega restaurant, set in a Cape Dutch-style barn, serves lunch and tapas from Wednesday to Sunday. The estate is on Blaauwklippen Road in Stellenbosch, and the Blaauwklippen Wine Trails begin with a tasting here.
Around the estate
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Read up before you go
The stories behind what you will taste here.
Grape
Chenin Blanc
For three centuries South Africans called it Steen, until a Stellenbosch professor showed in 1963 that it was the Loire's Chenin Blanc.
Grape
Pinotage
Pinotage was bred at Stellenbosch University in 1925, and its first four seedlings were nearly lost in a garden clean-up.
Style
Blends
Nico Myburgh visited Bordeaux, decided its climate was like Stellenbosch's, and made Meerlust's first Rubicon in 1980. Blends here still tend to go by a name, not a grape.
Visiting Dornier
Updated October 2026.
Hours
| Every day | 09:00 – 17:30 |
|---|
Hours checked October 2026.
- Where is Dornier?
- Dornier is at Dornier Road, Upper Blaauwklippen Rd, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa.
- How far is Dornier from Cape Town?
- About 53 minutes by car from the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town (58 km).
- When is Dornier open?
- Every day, 09:00 to 17:30. Checked October 2026. Hours change, so check with the estate before you go.
- Does Dornier offer cellar tours?
- Yes, cellar tours are offered. Book ahead to be sure of a place.
- What is Dornier known for?
- Its signature grapes are Chenin Blanc, Pinotage and Merlot.
- Which wineries are near Dornier?
- The closest are Kleinood (0.5 km), Waterford Estate (0.5 km) and Stellenrust (2.8 km).
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