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Journey's End is a boutique vineyard and winery located in the picturesque Stellenbosch region, outside of Cape Town, in South Africa. Owned by the Gabb family since 1995 they produce around 6,000 dozen bottles of award winning, high quality wine per year and enjoy stunning views over False Bay, Cape Point and beyond. A newly completed winery will officially open in February 2010.

Roger Gabb discovered the Vineyard in 1995. The Gabb family purchased the farm and the original 20 hectares and started from scratch including building a house, installing water and reviving the derelict vines: it has been a real labour of love. The vines were replanted in 1996 and 1998 and these same vines remain today producing the exceptional fruit used to make the award winning wines from Chardonnay, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Sauvignon Blanc was plated in 2008 and further planting this year include Viognier, Semillon, Petit Verdot and Mourvedre. The estate benefits from south-facing slopes and cool coastal breezes and the wines are made solely from Journey's End grapes. All the white and red wine grapes are hand selected and are transported no further than 150m, preserving grape quality. With the aim to constantly expand to meet the high demand for the wine they have since purchased more land and now have 45 hectares.

Journey's End Wines have won a large number of Gold and Silver awards and trophies including Decanter Wine of the Month in June 2009.

The historical town of Stellenbosch, which features some of the finest examples of Cape Dutch architecture, boasts a winemaking tradition which stretches back to the end of the 17th-century. The mountainous terrain, good rainfall, deep well-drained soils and diversity of terroirs make this a sought-after viticultural area. The rapidly increasing number of wine estates and producers (in excess of 160) includes some of the most famous names in Cape wine. The district, with its mix of historic estates and contemporary wineries, produces excellent examples of almost all the noble grape varieties and is known for the quality of its blended reds.

Stellenbosch, the 'town of oaks', is also the educational and research centre of the winelands. Stellenbosch University is the only university in South Africa which offers a degree in viticulture and oenology, and it has many of the country's most successful winemakers as alumni. The Elsenburg School of Agriculture is also near Stellenbosch, as is the Nietvoorbij Institute of Viticulture and Oenology. This organisation has one of the most modern experimental wineries in the world and, at its experimental farms (situated in several winegrowing districts), important research into new varietals, clones and rootstocks is undertaken.

The intensively farmed Stellenbosch district has been divided up into several smaller viticultural pockets including Banghoek, Bottelary, Devon Valley, Jonkershoek Valley, Papegaaiberg, Polkadraai Hills and Simonsberg-Stellenbosch.

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