Ensure that Alto Estate is at the top of your list to visit this festive season as we will be temporarily closing for renovations from mid-January 2025 and relocating to our sister farm, Bontehoek (formerly Bilton Wines), where we will be launching a pop-up Alto tasting room and restaurant to open early 2025 to mid-2027.
We are thrilled about the future developments of our beautiful estate and, even more so, we are eager to welcome you to experience it during this festive season.
Our festive season trading hours are:
Tasting Room: Tuesday to Sunday from 10h00 - 17h00 (last tastings are at 16h00)
Restaurant: Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner every Wednesday and Friday evening
Our tasting room and restaurant are closed on Mondays but will be open on Monday 16 December.
Please note that our estate is closed on 25 December 2024 and 1 January 2025.
Special festive events
Date night experience
Our exclusive date night experience is available every Wednesday evening until 8 January 2025.
We’ve designed the perfect dining experience, featuring a thoughtfully curated 4-course menu for two.
Indulge in a specially crafted 4-course meal including an amuse-bouche, starter, main course, and dessert to share complemented by a bottle of either our Alto Rouge 2022 or Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé 2024. This exclusive package is available for just R595 per couple.
As a special bonus, each couple will also receive a complimentary tasting voucher to use on their next visit!
Click HERE to reserve your table.
Sunset Rouge Evenings
We host our renowned Sunset Rouge evening every Friday night with our last event on Friday 10th January 2025.
Join us for a glass or two of our wines, a special limited menu from our restaurant, views that will take your breath away and live music by local musicians. Bookings are limited and essential.
Our line up for our upcoming Sunset Rouge evenings are:
- 13 December- Elisabeth-Sue
- 20 December - Timothy De Monk
- 27 December - Ezra Lindevelt
- 3 January - Ezra Lindevelt
- 10 January - Ezra Lindevelt
Click HERE to reserve your table.
Tasting room experiences
Our tasting room has a range of wine tasting experiences to choose from, including our smoked cheese and wine pairing, our biltong and wine pairing, and our new summer canapé and wine pairing.
- Our smoked cheese and wine pairing is R160 per person and includes 4 wines paired with a selection of cold smoked cheeses, all of which have a subtle smoky flavour.
- Our biltong and wine pairing is also R160 per person and includes 4 wines paired with a selection of specially spiced biltong including a parmesan and truffle infused biltong paired with Flagship Estate Blend.
- Our new Summer Canapé and Wine Pairing celebrates our chef’s Italian influence with a fresh, alfresco selection of canapes paired with four of our wines for R225.00 per person. This pairing is only available from Friday to Sunday during tasting room hours, 24-hour notice booking is required.
All of our tasting options can be accompanied by our cheese, charcuterie, antipasto or vineyard platter.
Click HERE to reserve your tasting.
Dine with us
Our summer menu is now available in our restaurant. We have bought back a few favourites from last season including our grilled Patagonian squid, black mushroom arancini balls starter and refreshing Caesar salad, of which all pair perfectly with our Alto Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé 2024.
We also have two new additions to the menu, a delicious seared venison loin wrapped in prosciutto and sage with cauliflower truffle puree, baby beetroot & carrots, mustard fine beans & blueberry port jus, as well as an exciting new textures of berry dessert that is a must try!
Click HERE to reserve your table.
Online shop orders
We would love to make sure that you can enjoy a bottle or two of our wines over this festive season.
Please note that all orders placed via our online shop from 16 December 2024 will be dispatched from the second week of January 2025.
Visit our website to add some of our wines to your Christmas table this year!
Click HERE to shop online.
Happy Christmas from the Alto team
We would like to wish you a very happy Christmas.
Thank you for your continuous support; we really appreciate it. We look forward to a wonderful 2025.