Zutphen, Vorden, Varssel

De Keuken van Hackfort is all about ‘Puur Genieten’: enjoying all the good things from the Achterhoek in their purest form. In cooperation with De Keuken van Hackfort, we created four Pure Enjoyment Cycle routes. The routes take you to places where culinary products are produced, where you can experience and taste all the good things the Achterhoek has to offer. The grapes from the wine estates on this wine route are grown organically, with the wine farmers taking care of nature. Most cooperate intensively with each other through the United Achterhoek Winegrowers, resulting in wines of the very high quality. Many wines have already won international awards!

From De Keuken van Hackfort you cycle towards Zutphen. On the way, you will first pass De Fiere Wijnakker, where grapes are grown naturally. During a tour of the estate, you will see that attention is also paid to nature around the Wine estate. The edges of the fields are laid out as wooded banks with flowers, herbs and grains, giving birds, small mammals and insects a safe haven for food and nesting places. Owners Anita and Erik will tell you passionately about their vineyards.

On the other side of Vorden, near Kranenburg, you will find the Kranenburg wine estate of the same name. On the fertile brook clay, vintner Henk grows his green tendrils. His wine estate covers some 1.5 hectares and is surrounded by large rows of trees. You can come here for guided tours, packages and wine tastings, as well as a game of skittles. A real bowling alley has been set up next to the vineyard.

For the Erve Zonnehoeve wine estate, you deviate a little from the route between junctions 64 and 67. This farm used to be a cattle farm where cattle and pigs were kept. Nowadays, the yard has been converted into a beautiful wine farm and you can imagine yourself in Mediterranean surroundings. And just in the Achterhoek! One of the Zonnehoeve's white wines is available at restaurant De Keuken van Hackfort: the Moj's Kieken. This accessible wine is spicy and has the fresh taste of apples and lemon.

Cycle through the beautiful countryside and hop off at the characteristic wine farms. Organic and sustainable grape growing creates wines without fuss, and that is exactly why they are so tasty! A cycling tour for pure enjoyment.