The Cellar
Seats 140 between the barrels, or 220 standing. Cool in February, warm in July, and the only space here that does not care what the weather does.
Capacities & layouts
Klapmuts · Cape Winelands
The light comes
across the vines
A working wine farm below the Simonsberg, with four spaces to marry in and a cellar that seats a hundred and forty under the barrels. Twenty guests or two hundred.
The farm
A working farm
that hosts weddings
Veldlicht has been under vine since 1798. Twenty-six hectares of it are still farmed — chenin on the cooler slopes, syrah where the ground turns to decomposed granite — and the cellar that presses them is the same room we lay the long tables in.
That order matters. We are not a venue with a vineyard attached for the photographs. Harvest happens whether or not there is a wedding that weekend, and the couples who book here tend to be the ones who like that.
220Seated at capacity
4Event spaces
26Hectares under vine
45Minutes from the city
Where you marry
Four rooms,
three of them outdoors
Ceremony in one, dinner in another, and the walk between them is the part people remember. Full capacities and layouts are on the venue page.
The Oak Terrace
Ceremonies for 180 under oaks planted in 1804, with the Simonsberg behind you and the vineyard falling away in front.
Capacities & layouts
The Werf Chapel
Ninety seats, lime-washed walls, one window. Built for the farm workers in 1841 and reconsecrated in 2016.
Capacities & layoutsWhat it costs
Three ways
to do it
All three include the venue, the furniture, the coordination on the day and a case of the estate’s own wine. Full inclusions are on the weddings page.
Intimate
A ceremony in the chapel and a long lunch in the Vine Room, finished by four. Suited to a weekday and a short guest list.
R48,500All in, off-peak
Signature
Ceremony on the Oak Terrace, drinks on the werf, dinner and dancing in the Cellar until midnight. Exclusive use of the estate.
R89,500All in, off-peak
Bespoke
The whole farm for a weekend — rehearsal dinner in the cellar on the Friday, the wedding on the Saturday, breakfast in the garden on the Sunday.
From R145,000Two days, all in
The wine
Eight wines,
all of them ours
Chenin, chardonnay, rosé, syrah, a cap classique and a straw wine that takes three weeks on reed mats. Every one of them grown, pressed and bottled on this farm.
You can order a case online and have it anywhere in the country inside four days — or collect it from the same cellar the long tables go in.
The estate
Photographs,
not renderings
We looked at eleven farms. This was the only one where the person showing us round was also the person who would be there on the day.
Wines of OriginSimonsberg–Paarl
WIETAEthically accredited farm
Est. 1798Under vine ever since
Availability
Tell us your date
Saturdays from October to March go about eighteen months ahead. Everything else is easier than you would think.