Babel Restaurant

Our garden and surrounding landscape lend themselves to the expression of beauty and joy in a multitude of ways. To this end, we host events on the farm to celebrate seasonal milestones and calendar highlights. Events are generally hosted by our team, sometimes in conjunction with experts in the field. Depending on the activity, additional costs may apply.

Visit our website HERE to view our schedule of events for specifics. 

Time 10h00, 13h00 or 16h00 (duration 2 hours)

Journey to our underground wine tunnel to savour Babylonstoren’s finest wines. Our cellar tour starts in the vineyards above ground, where vines from various styles are cultivated. From there, we venture into the working cellar with its array of wine-producing vessels, from amphorae clay pots to open cement fermenters and concrete eggs. The tour concludes with a master tasting of our finest wines, paired with farm-grown and handmade delicacies. 

Babylonstoren was voted the best Innovative Wine Tourism Experience in the country in 2022 by the Best of Wine Tourism Awards. 

Cost R650 per person (includes tasting). Payment is required to secure booking. We regret no under 18's.

Please note this is a walking tour and it is recommended to wear comfortable shoes.  Regrettably, the Cellar Tour isn't accessible for wheelchairs.

Enjoy scrumptious Italian-inspired dinners at the Old Bakery on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday evenings. 
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The four-course set menu features antipasti and salad, homemade pasta, irresistible wood-fired pizza, and a delightful dolce to finish.⁠

Dinner is served from 18h00 and reservations are essential.

Farm life in the late 19th century required ingenuity and a high degree of self-sufficiency. Soetmelksvlei honours the legacy of artisanry. Visitors are encouraged to interact with master craftspeople as they go about their daily chores. Get a glimpse of life before the turn of the 20th century through the immaculately recreated interiors of the Farmhouse and Old Cellar.

Take refreshment at the Old Stables Restaurant and browse the Jonkershuis Farm Shop for old-world keepsakes. Soetmelksvlei has an indoor playhouse in the Old Cellar, as well as a family of adorable farm animals. Allow yourself enough time to experience all that Soetmelksvlei has to offer. Above all, take time to experience life at a slower, more grounded pace.  

Our Daily Garden Tour starts at 10h00 in front of  the Farm Shop. One of our experienced gardeners will be your guide on this tour, during which we encourage guests to pick, taste, smell and touch while walking through our garden.

Special Collections Tour:

Come on the daily guided walk from Monday to Friday at 11h30, to discover our collections and meet our expert gardeners. On Mondays & Fridays guests will be taken to see the succulent collection and the cycads next to the stream.  On Tuesdays we go for a walk through the Healing Garden.  Wednesdays we share our vegetable gardens and Thursdays are all about bees at Babylonstoren.

Visit our website HERE for more! 

Time 11h00, 13h00 or 15h00 (duration 75 min) | Maximum 12 guests

The walking tour starts with a visit to our balsamic vinegar cellar, where guests will gain insight into the traditional methods and production processes used to create our DOP-style vinegar, and taste both our three-year-old and twelve-year-old balsamic vinegars.

This is followed by a behind-the-scenes look at how Babylonstoren’s table olives are made in our olive production plant and sample the varieties on offer. After the tasting, the process of transforming olives into golden olive oil in our cold press process is explained in the olive press. Finally, it’s time to taste our olive oils. Guests can create their own 100ml blend of the different oils to take home as a small keepsake.

Payment required to secure booking.

A tale as old as time, told in vivid sensory detail in our wine museum, The Story of Wine. The space is a celebration of man's ingenuity and the earth's generosity, and the cultural events that have shaped our collective winemaking and wine drinking heritage.

It details the origins, cultivation and culture behind mankind's love affair with wine, while encouraging a contemporary narrative of its age-old traditions and social gravitas.

Visit the museum at the entrance to our Tasting Room, to your right. The self-guided tour is free to experience and open daily.

For groups of 11 to 25 guests, a set menu is available. In line with our farm philosophy, our menu is always seasonal and guided by what's currently available from the garden. Expect creatively styled platters served family-style, so everyone can help themselves. Our group menu always boasts freshly baked bread from our traditional wood-fired oven, showstopping salads and hearty mains served with all the trimmings. A delightful dessert of farm-made favourites seals the deal.

A 50% deposit secures your reservation. Should you wish to bring an even larger group, we have private function venues available.

We hold regular workshops at Babylonstoren as we see it as an ideal opportunity to share what we’ve learned and to also learn from our community. Experts in their fields host these workshops in collaboration with our team. They’re quite hands-on so you will get to try out the skills, technique or discipline that we’re learning about. Starting with a walk through the garden, it is usually a full-day affair.

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