Hemel-en-Aarde Restaurant — Contemporary South African / Wine Estate, Hermanus
The Hemel-en-Aarde Valley — ‘Heaven and Earth’ — is one of South Africa’s greatest wine valleys, producing Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that the international wine press compares to Burgundy at its finest. The valley’s wine estate restaurants provide the most complete expression of what it means to eat and drink in this specific and extraordinary landscape.
The cooking at the valley’s finest estate restaurants takes the local ingredient landscape seriously: the cold Atlantic seafood from Walker Bay, the free-range beef and lamb of the valley, and the seasonal produce of the surrounding farms all appearing in dishes that are designed to match the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that the valley produces.
The wine programme draws entirely on the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley’s own production: the Pinot Noir, the Chardonnay, and the other varieties that the cool climate and the ancient shale soils of this extraordinary natural environment produce.
Hemel-en-Aarde Restaurant is for those who want to experience South Africa’s most celebrated cool-climate wine valley from a table that takes the food-wine relationship as seriously as the terroir.
Best Occasion: Proposal
A wine estate in the valley named ‘Heaven and Earth’, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that compare to Burgundy, and cooking designed to match: Hemel-en-Aarde provides a proposal of extraordinary wine-country beauty.
Best Occasion: Impress Clients
One of South Africa’s greatest wine valleys, with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay compared to Burgundy and contemporary cooking to match: Hemel-en-Aarde communicates the depth of the Western Cape’s wine and food culture.