Vinopolis Wine Club

Cabriere

Home of Pierre Jourdan and Haute Cabriere wines, the beautiful Cabriere Estate, situated on the banks of the Franschhoek river, was granted to the French Huguenot refugee farmer Pierre Jourdan on the 22 December 1694. Today, the proprietor Achim von Arnim, continues the pioneering spirit by specialising in Cabriere Cape Classique sparkling wines. In the tradition of the Champagne he replanted the vineyards with the classic cultivars Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in 1982 and named his range of methode champenoise wines after the founder, Pierre Jourdan.

Achim von Arnim's decades old belief is that the wine is grown, not made. The essence of his philosophy is proclaimed on a pillar carrying a sundial in the Cabriere vineyards: "Sun, Soil, Vine, Man".