So, we made it inside the high building.

This is a follow up of my post yesterday, as the journey continued.
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My wife had the world at her feet on that high open balcony.

The restaurant was built on the top of the wine cellar floors below, and as you will see, it offered fantastic views from the west to the east. The sea at the west, and the farmlands at the east. It is called Chorus and they serve meals by an awarded chef. Very spacious with a lovely interior, and friendly staff. There is also an authentic Italian Cheese Bar restaurant on the lower slopes of the property, and you will really enjoy a visit to this wine estate.

The award winning restaurant was built on the Waterkloof Wine Estate, and if you want to read and see more about this prestigious wine estate, then don't hesitate to visit this safe link.
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Finally, we arrived at the entrance to the restaurant and were welcomed by a friendly front line staff member, and we ordered two cappuccino coffees.
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There are some lovely paintings inside and here below are two examples.
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This one showed a bunch of fighting angels above the city and mountains of Cape Town.
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Ah, we went outside onto the balcony, as I wanted to share the views with you.
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Three views below of what it looked like towards the sea at the west. The sea is only 4 kilometers away from the wine estate.
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And now I will show you some views toward the eastern side of the restaurant. All photos taken from the balcony.
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And finally, some activity on the farm.
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It was @fermentedphil and his fiancé @urban.scout that told us about the estate, after their visit. And so, we went out to visit the place, but we were only allowed to visit the cheese bar, as the road to the higher chorus restaurant was blocked due to renovations in progress. That was about 2 or 3 months ago. We were close to the area recently and so we decided to try a visit again. Fortunately, this time round everything was open.

Now the good news is that a staff member will arrange a tour of the actual wine cellars for us, and we are excited, as it is always nice to enter the heart of the wine estates. Lovely wine barrel stacks and big steel holding tanks all over the place. That's what we saw inside previous wine cellars, but I have a faint suspicion that this one will be different. So be it, and let's hope that we can make some new discoveries.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.

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The view is truly amazing, I'm sure the next post will be even more amazing.

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Birds eye-view over the suburbs to the sea, inland a lake of green waiting for the right season to harvest. What a special place to visit.

!WINEX
!PIZZA

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You described it spot-on Lady Joan. Indeed, a very special place, and right under our nose. !LOL

!PIZZA
!WINEX

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That is the beauty once out of cities or suburbs we are able to find hidden gems like this.

!LUV

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Yep, you are so right, and that's why we like to visit places like this. We cannot afford their meals, but the views coupled to a coffee is very filling. !LOL

!luv

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Amazing winery and I am glad that you could visit it! The views are really some of the best. The building itself is spectacular. Glad that you enjoyed it!

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Well, it's only fair for me to thank you for the tip off, and it was a great visit. The views are out of this world, and a tour of the wine cellars awaits. It's on the tour that I will take shots of the interior of the building.

!BEER and !WINEX

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Sorry for the late reply! We have had some crazy busy days. I hope you are still doing well.

It would be amazing if you can get that cellar tour! I think I did it many many years ago, pre-2019 so things might have significantly changed since.

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No problem, and we have no news about the tour yet. But as you know, I have a lot of patience.
Only until I have had enough, and then we will go there to make things happen. !LOL

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I hope that you managed to get that tour, as I think you mentioned it on WhatsApp. I hope all is well on your side as well. I see from your posts that you had some incredibly beautiful scenes and birds lately! I am very jealous. Keep well!

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Nope, no tour yet as we have to wait for the wine maker to be available. Please don't be jealous, as you also have some incredible sights in your posts.
Shalom.

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Thank you so much! And so sorry for the late reply again. Standing at the airport waiting for the airplane to arrive!

I really hope that you will get that tour, if you have not already had it! Keep well, and stay safe. (P.S. so sad to see and smell all of these wildfires happening around us!)

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Hope that all went well with the flight.

No tour yet, and will let you know when it's done. Took some shots of a fire below the golf course, and will do a post about it.

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Will be on the lookout for that fire post, if you had not already posted it. Will go and look. We drove home when we saw the smoke on the horizon and as we drove to the golf course in Somerset (not Strand) we were met with ash rain! It was eerie and strange.

Thank you so much. The flight was good and I am safe with the fiance! Life already started again as she is busy with classes.

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Ah, so you also saw the smoke, and we tried to go and have a look, but no access, so I could only get shots from the road.

Happy that you are bonded with your fiancé, and now life will be good again, regardless of the working interferences.

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For sure! But the work interferences were bad this week. I am marking again, and the preparation work was a lot.

It is always so sad to see the fires roaring like that. The last bits of green in the area going up in flames. I hear from my parent that it is incredibly dry again with the winds drying out everything even more.

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I am talking in between the slavery my friend, as surely you guys get some free moments together.

So dry that it dries our throats in bed at night, and the winds are at their wild strongest blowing people and what not right out of their IDs. !LOL

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Wow! It’s so beautiful!! I love all that nature! Being in that building should be an stunning experience!

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