The wine region of Stellenbosch lies to the west of Cape Town and is curled neatly around the cooling False Bay headed by the beautiful town of Somerset West, with the verdant vineyards stretching inland and bordered and serrated by the jagged peaks of the Helderberg, Simonsberg and Drakensteinberg mountain ranges that form an almost impenetrable barrier to the east, with the River Erste forming a sort-of perimeter to the West - between these 2 geographical features lie the bulk of the Stellenbosch vineyards.