Like all the best getaways, my first overnight stay at Steenberg Farm in nearly a decade began with bubbly. Even if you’ve never visited, chances are you’ve popped the cork on a bottle of its superb 1682 brut chardonnay, and you’ll know it’s a good drop.

But my glass of méthode cap classique arrives not in the wine tasting centre amid the vines, but as my suitcase is whisked away to my hotel suite. Swopping luggage for bubbles on arrival is a habit I could get used to...

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