It is our aim at Kingsriver Estate to produce wines that have strong correlation to the health of those who drink our wines. More and more it is being proven that some elements in red wine, especially polyphenolic compounds such as flavonoids and resveratrol are beneficial to health in particular the prevention of heart disease....

After maturing for 12 months in French oak barrels we have bottled our first 2005 harvest at KINGSRIVER ESTATE. A Suprising blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Ruby Cabernet gave birth to a strong character wine, which we named MZANSI 2005...other available wines are Ruby Cabernet 2005; Mzansi Shiraz 2006 and Mzansi Ruby Cabernet 2006.

MAKE YOUR OWN BARRELS OF WINE.

At Kingsriver Estate we are affording you the opportunity to make your own barrel of Eco friendly and healthy wine. With this project you will work closely with winemaker, Ruud de Clercq to produce your own barrel/s of wine...

The history of Kingsriver Estate goes back some 150 years. In that time on this very spot was a small simple farmers house, the foremost part of the current Masterhouse, but without its current characteristic Cape Dutch front.

In the Fifties the farm was sold to the son of the famous English cigarette factory Gunston.

Young Gunston became famous in the area not because of his farmers qualities, they were not that obvious, but because of the glamorous parties he organized.

For that purpose only, he enlarged the Masterhouse into the typical H-form and gave it its characteristic Cape Dutch top front.

Later on the farm was sold to a Mr. Longland, a cattler who decided to stall his cattle in the Masterhouse.

In 1984 the farm was sold to Johan Nel and Pieter Welgemoed, who was Minister of Agriculture at the time.

Kings River Guest House Accommodation.