Morgenster Olive Farm and Winery
Morgenster Estate in Somerset West is situated in the heart of the Western Cape winegrowing region. It is a thriving olive and wine farm, producing Bordeaux-style wines and award-winning extra virgin olive oil and olive products.
The Nursery
Our olive tree nursery is maintained at the highest of standards, incorporating modern techniques to produce olive trees of the utmost quality. The nursery has a variety of trees, some good source for quality olive oil and others a virtual bouquet of superior tables olives.
Imagine having a Morgenster olive tree in your garden, and an inexhaustible supply of olives on your table.
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The Olive Cellar
Morgenster's liquid gold - their extra virgin olive oil ? has, since 1999, been the recipient of the coveted L'Orciolo d'Oro prize in Italy ? that's eight consecutive years. Morgenster's most recent award was being named the "Mill of the year (2007)", the highest accolade for olive oil producers. Our olive oil farm was also voted as the best olive oil in the entire Southern Hemisphere by Olive Business in Sydney Australia. Just before the close of 2006 when our extra virgin olive oil was selected as one of the top 15 olive oils in the world (out of 3000 tasted!) and won the award for the Best Blended Olive Oil in the world.
Morgenster olive farm thus features well in the L'Extravergine 2006 guide which lists its 450 oils selected from 26 countries around the globe. In the 2007 copy of this guide Morgenster was named as "Mill of the Year" - a coveted award indeed.
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The Winery
Morgenster's flagship wine, the Morgenster 2003 was launched in March 2007 while our second label, Lourens River Valley, has already been on the market for a couple of years. The sixth vintage of this label, the Morgenster Lourens River Valley 2003, was also released in March 2007.
Our wine farm's recent accolades have come in from various sources and corners of the Globe - two 4½ star ratings in John Platter 2006 and 2007 for Morgenster and Lourens River Valley; Grape Magazines 5 star rating of the Morgenster 2000 and 4½ for the Lourens River Valley 2000; Steve Tanzer International Wine Cellar gave the Morgenster 2001 91+ - the wine garnered 88 from Robert Parker. The Advocate and Michael Fridjon's Top Ten selection in the December 2005 Wine Magazine ? see the list of awards for the full details.
Buy Morgenster wines online
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You are invited to a sensory adventure to Savour our award winning red wine and the world's finest olive oils at our magnificent Estate. |
| Time: |
10:00 - 17:00 Weekdays
10:00 - 16:00 Weekends and Public Holidays |
| At: |
Morgenster Estate |
| RSVP: |
(021) 852-1738 |
Below are the hours for the upcoming Public Holidays:
| Thursday, 1 January |
10:00 - 16:00 |
| Saturday, 21 March |
10:00 - 16:00 |
| Friday, 10 April |
Closed |
| Monday, 13 April |
10:00 - 16:00 |
| Monday, 27 April |
10:00 - 16:00 |
| Friday, 1 May |
10:00 - 16:00 |
| Tuesday, 16 June |
10:00 - 16:00 |
| Monday, 10 Aug |
10:00 - 16:00 |
| Thursday, 24 Sep |
10:00 - 16:00 |
| Wednesday, 16 December |
10:00 - 16:00 |
| Friday, 25 December |
Closed |
| Saturday, 26 December |
10:00 - 16:00 |
Treat yourself to the Morgenster Experience by visiting
us for an olive product and wine tasting!
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