About Us
To the second edition of OVERBERG WINE Southern Cape, featuring the southernmost wineries on the continent.
Cool maritime breezes are the key to the vineyard\'s of this region where some of the best wine in the country is produced. Research by the pioneer\'s of the wine industry indicated that this cool area would produce the best pinot noir, chardonnay and sauvignon blanc wines.
Glynis van Rooyen and Hanlie Allan
Stanford became home to Hanlie Allan, a UCT Michaelis School of Fine Art graphic design graduate, in 1999, when she succumbed to the lure of the countryside. She soon discovered the hidden treasures of food and wine purveyors in the Overberg and was prompted to start Country Maps, a vehicle in which she could use her profession as a graphic designer to express her love of country eating, drinking and living. The concept was so successful that she expanded the maps to other areas and finally to the elegant Overberg Wine guide, a publication on which this website is based. Hanlie runs a busy design studio in Stanford and together she and Glynis are tackling other publishing projects to market the marvels of the Overberg.
A passion for travel, wine and writing combined with almost a lifetime spent in the magnificent Overberg gave Glynis van Rooyen all the natural ingredients to compile an in-depth guide to the wines of the Overberg.
From an introduction to wine as a student in Stellenbosch she graduated to the appreciation of its complexities in the tasting room and office of Hamilton Russell Vineyards. With the Cape Wine Academy Certificate Wine Course and the Advanced Certificate in Cape Wines from KWV in hand, she lectured for the CWA’s Preliminary Wine Course in Hermanus, and recently, to have an excuse to spend as much time as possible in cellars, Glynis started her Wine and Slow Food Tours and happily joined Hanlie in compiling the guide to Overberg Wine.
The excellence of the wines produced in the Overberg is something you just cannot keep to yourself! We will shout it from the rooftops….!!