South Africa is a key wine nation, despite its isolated position. Pinotage and Chenin Blanc have been its signatures, but Shiraz, the red Bordeaux varieties, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc are also widely planted.
South Africa is a key wine nation, despite its isolated position. Pinotage and Chenin Blanc have been its signatures, but Shiraz, the red Bordeaux varieties, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc are also widely planted.
South Africa's fine wine journey is still on fresh legs; a massive boon for UK wine lovers, peruse our collection of stunning South African wines online.
Wine-Searcher Editorial·Last updated 13-Apr-2023 Hand-harvesting grapes at Badenhorst Family Wines - a prominent Swartland wine producer | ©A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines Swartland covers a large area, encompassing the vineyards on the northern side of the Paardeberg mountain in the south to th...
Paarl's huge variation ofterroirgives wine farms opportunities to experiment with many different grape varieties and blends. The red wines are rich and robust, with a great intensity of frui whilst the white wines are fruit driven and tropical.Cabernet Sauvignon,Shiraz,Pinotage,Chenin BlancandChardon...
is a hilly wine-producing area on the northern outskirts of Cape Town in South Africa. It is one of the country's coolest wine-producing regions, and flinty, herbaceous Sauvignon Blanc is the most important style of wine produced.
It’s even famed for the production of its own variety of South African sparkling wine, known as Methode Cap Classique. On top of this, the region also provides one of the most unique ways to experience some of the best wine farms in the area via the Franschhoek Wine Tram. ...
Western Cape Wine TheWestern Cape is home to the vast majority of theSouth Africanwine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions,StellenboschandPaarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-...
South African Cabernet Sauvignon fits somewhere inbetween new world and old world; it's savory, but without all the grit of a French Bordeaux Superieur. Check out these wine regions: Paarl & Stellenbosch (Coastal Region) Franschhoek (typically more herbaceous) Syrah 25,500 acres (2011) The...
Nowadays, the region has shifted wine style; Constantia is known for premium cool-climateSauvignon BlancandBordeaux Blendwines, along with the modern dessert wines made fromMuscat Blanc. The Constantia estate was established in 1685 by the second Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, Simon van der...