Joubert-Tradauw Winery

Joubert-Tradauw is a family-owned private cellar with an Alfresco Deli -Restaurant in the Tradouw Valley in the Klein Karoo/Little Karoo region on the famous R62 route. The farm is run by Meyer and Beate Joubert and is located just outside the picturesque village of Barrydale. Life around here is mainly about two things: fruit of the vine and the work of human hands. Step into the clean, crisp air and onto the rich, fertile soil of the Tradouw Valley.

The R62 Deli is renowned for its platters, which include Klein Karoo tapas comprising fruit from the farms such as fresh figs, nectarines, Kakamas peaches, plums and pears served with cranberries, nuts, sunflower seeds and mint; rosemary and lemon chicken; a small bobotie with onion relish, stewed fruit and almonds; patat with honey; beetroot with feta and herbs; tzatsiki with pumpkin seeds, home-baked breads stuffed with olives and nutty seed loaves browned with molasses. Home-made offerings include tapenade, onion relish, balsamic reduction, fig paté, pesto, fragrant apricot jam and tomato chilli jam.

Home-made preserves include plum, fig, peach, quince and pear.The to-die-for French chocolate cake is served with a luscious green fig. We also have a delicate lemon- meringue cheese cake as well as several other freshly baked cakes.

Meyer Joubert, an award-winning winemaker, studied viticulture at Elsenburg near Stellenbosch in the Western Cape and thereafter in California’s famous Napa Valley for two seasons, before returning to South Africa to make his own wine.

Guido Franque, author of Monuments of SA Wine, had this to say about him: “Meyer was born into a farming family and, from a young age, felt at home in the vineyards and fruit orchards. His extreme respect for nature springs from the fact that he is an agriculturalist. He can talk for hours on the positioning of the grape vines, as long as the discussion takes place in the vineyard, where he feels most at home. He beams when speaking of his newly planted Shiraz vineyards, “a piece of heaven…something unique is growing here”. In the area, people consider him crazy. Before him, not many had thought of making a great quality wine in Barrydale, the far-off Klein Karoo region. This is Meyer’s dream. He perseveres — an established winemaker with a vision and a thorough knowledge of his natural biotype. He believes in little intervention during the winemaking process. His wine cellar is simple yet functional and appropriate regarding space, temperature and humidity. You would imagine yourself in an authentic barrel cellar somewhere in Chablis”.

Meyer, who was born in the Tradouw Valley, moved onto the farm in 1995 with his wife, Beate who also worked in Napa making wine and supported him in his dream to make premium wines. They were blessed with four children: Hanna Katerien, Julia Heleen, Andreas Meyer de la Courtte and Lena Beate.
Meyer Joubert was the first wine-maker to identify the popularity of the world-famous R62 and liked the idea of Route 66 when they were in the US – consequently trademarked ‘R62’ as a wine. He produces the only R62 wine on this popular route.

Contact details - Office: +27 (0)71 656 1230
Fax: 086 555 3558
accounts@joubert-tradauw.co.za
Bookings: Contact Beate +27 (0)82 304 9000 /
beate@joubert-tradauw.co.za and
cc in info@joubert-tradauw.co.za

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Website.
https://www.joubert-tradauw.com/wines/

Business hours
Cellar open for wine-tasting ONLY
B Winter to September: MONDAYS TO THURSDAYS CLOSED, OPEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY PLEASE NOTE THAT BOOKINGS ARE COMPULSORY (Beate 0823049000 whatsapp or sms only)
NOTE: DELI WILL ACCOMMODATE GROUPS IN THE WEEK IN AUGUST (bigger than 8) with bookings only.
September: OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAYS. KLEIN BAKKERY OPEN.
October: OPEN THURSDAYS TO SUNDAYS – NOTE: SUNDAYS BOOKING ONLY TO MAKE A BOOKING WHATSAPP BEATE ON 082 304 9000 please
WE DO BEAUTIFUL PIZZAS, PLATTERS, SANDWICHES, SALADS ETC.
EST TO BOOK FOR WINE-TASTING (082 304 9000 OR 071 656 1230)

Address
17 Km before Barrydale on the R62
Coming from the Montagu side