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PET plastic wine bottles approved
New Website Design
Guesthouse Open
RMB WineEx Cape Town 2010

The Wine and Spirit Board has approved the use of a type of plastic, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), for wine bottles, and local wines in such bottles will be allowed the South African Wine of Origin certification.

In SA, glass wine bottles of 750ml capacity weigh about 400g while the PET bottles weigh only 50g, bringing vast savings in local and export transport costs.

The PET bottles are also fully recyclable and have a much lower carbon footprint than glass

We are proud to bring you the new and improved Calais website, complete with online shop and accomodation bookings. We hope you enjoy using our new site as much as we enjoyed making it, and are looking forward to seeing you on beautiful Calais Wine Estate.

Should you find any errors or omissions anywhere on the website, please let our webmaster know and he will fix it in a jiffy!

With all the renovations completed, our guest farm is fully operational and ready for FIFA 2010 World Cup visitors. With only 40 minutes drive to the heart of Cape Town, our guesthouse offers luxurious accomodation along with peace and tranquility of the countryside. Go to our Accomodation page to find out more about units, facilities and prices. We are looking forward to welcoming yopu on Calais Guest Farm!

RMB WineX Cape Town will open at the CTICC on 19 August as a completely different show. After seven years as the largest and most important premium consumer wine event in the Western Cape, RMB WineX will be raising an already elevated bar.Aiming for quality rather than quantity, the organisers have amended the show format cutting it back to a two evening event, instead of the usual three night rolling party.

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Welcome to Calais Wine Estate

The idyllic Calais Wine Estate is situated deep in the heart of the Paarl Valley. About a 40 minute drive from Cape Town you will find the farm nestled at the foot of the Drakenstein Mountains. With its breathtakingly beautiful views which includes the likes of Paarl Rock, the surrounding valley and mountain ranges as far as the eye can see, one almost loses a sense of reality being surrounded by such amazing beauty.

The farm has been producing wine for the past three centuries and the vineyards are situated on terroir perfect for making our wines in the traditional French style Bordeaux. Our wines are made to have strong aging potential with optimum drinking ability five years after bottling. At full production our farms will produce no more than 200 tons of grapes (production will be restricted to 9.5 tons per hectare) as our whole operation is geared to handle small quantities. Meticulous attention is paid to every detail, and preparation, before anything else, is key to our success.

We welcome you, the wine lover, to our Estate

and trust that your visit will be a memorable one.

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" What a beautiful B&B! So close to everything! Cozy comfy rooms. The ambiance was terrific. All 3 breakfasts were dee-licious. We will be back soon! "
G & S, Moscow, Russia

Calais Wine

Shiraz 2006

Was: R29.99
Now: R22.99

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Terms and conditions

By using this site functionality you agree to the fololowing:

1. The reservations feature of this Website is solely to assist customers in determining the availability of travel related goods and services and to make legitimate reservations and for no other purposes.

2. You warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and possess the legal authority to enter into this agreement and to use this Web site in accordance with all terms and conditions herein.

3. You agree to supervise all usage by minors of this Web site is true and accurate and without limitation, or any false or fraudulent reservation.

4. You agree that the reservation facilities of this Web site shall be used only to make legitimate reservations or purchases for you or for another person for whom you are legally authorized to act.

5. If there is abuse of the reservation facilities of this Web site may result in your being denied access to such facilities.

6. Under no circumstances will Calais Guest Farm rent or sell information about individual visitors to our site. Calais Guest Farm respects the privacy of individuals visiting the site. Personal information that an individual submits to us on a voluntary basis will be used for the sole purpose for which it was submitted.

7. Calais Guest Farm and/or its employees/agents, shall not be liable for, and the guests hereby waive and abandon any claims of whatever nature including but not limited to that for theft, injury, loss or damage of whatever nature, against Calais Guest Farm and/or its employees/agents, whether arising from negligence, omission or statement, unless:

i. such claim arises from the wilful misconduct of Calais Guest Farm and/or its employees/agents;

ii. Calais Guest Farm receives written notice from the client no later than 7 calendar days from

the event giving rise to the claim in question and, failing such notice, the client shall have no

claim against Calais Guest Farm.

8. Guests attend this establishment at their own risk.

9. Children of all ages welcome.

10. No alcohol allowed to person’s under the age of 18.

11. Strictly, no smoking in rooms.

12. No pets allowed.

13. No feeding of animals on the premises.