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Vines and olive trees with the town of Franschhoek at the foot of the mountains

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The Cape Winelands in pictures

White gables, dark foliage, rock faces that turn red in the evening. Click any picture to enlarge it.

The pictures come from licensed archives. Where the place is documented, the caption names it; for the other motifs it says Cape winelands.

Rows of vines in front of Franschhoek and a mountain range under clouds — Franschhoek, vines on the valley floor

Bare winter vines and palm trees in front of the Simonsberg — Winter near Stellenbosch, with the Simonsberg behind

White manor house with ornamental gable and thatch behind a large tree — The Laborie manor house in Paarl, built in 1750

White Cape Dutch house with gables behind a wall — The Kerkhuis in Stellenbosch

Rows of vines in front of a peak in red evening light — Evening light on the sandstone

Five tasting glasses in a row, from red to white — A tasting in Stellenbosch, from Blanc de Noir to Cabernet

Huguenot Monument with three arches in front of mountains — The Huguenot Monument in Franschhoek

Orange pincushion proteas against a blue sky — Pincushion proteas, Cape flora by the roadside

An estate lake, green slopes and the Jonkershoek peaks — Stark-Condé in the Jonkershoek valley near Stellenbosch

Concrete columns of the Afrikaans Language Monument against a blue sky — The Taalmonument above Paarl

Brown autumn vines, a farmhouse under red leaves, steep rock faces — Autumn in the winelands

White thatched house with gable under old oaks — Historic houses under oaks in Stellenbosch

Wrought-iron gate inscribed Haute Cabrière, vines behind — The gate of Haute Cabrière in Franschhoek

Stacked oak barrels in a cellar — Barrels in the cellar

A rock hyrax lying on a rock — A rock hyrax, a common sight on Cape rocks

Ripe red grapes among vine leaves — Just before the harvest