Stellenboschis the most famous wine-producing region inSouth Africa. The town, in Western Cape's Coastal Region, is steeped in wine producing history and is home to the country’s best-known wine estates.Cabernet Sauvignonis the most widely planted grape variety, and is often combined with Mer...
Jessica Saurwein has been in the wine business for several years, but though qualified as a winemaker, has been on the production side only since her 2015 maiden vintage. Prior to that she was Marketing Manager for wine estates in Stellenbosch, but the call to make her own wines led her ...
Perched on the crest of the Helshoogte Pass, one of the most dramatic mountain passes near Stellenbosch,Tokarais a wine and olive farm that’s also home to one of South Africa’s best fine-dining restaurants. From here, the panoramic views of the vineyards, False Bay and Table Mountain in...
The area is particularly well known for its viticulture - the cultivation of grapevines - so there are hundreds of world-class estates with wine tastings here surrounding the town. Regional expert Harriet Whitmarsh says: “Stellenbosch Wine Route is one of my favourites purely because I adore...
“one of the most beautiful places on earth”. Situated on the southeastern side of the Simonsberg Mountain, with elevations 1739 feet above sea level and mainly south-facing slopes, Thelema Mountain Vineyards possesses some of the highest elevations in Stellenbosch, South Africa. These high ...
South Africa's oldest wine estate is located inConstantia, where the production of the legendary dessert wineVin de Constancegave the region worldwide fame in the 18th and 19th centuries.Stellenboschis equally historic as a wine-producing region, the first vineyards having been planted in the ...
Established in 1928, Stellenrust is one of South Africa’s largest family-owned wine estates making some of the country’s finest wines from vineyards divided roughly equally between the Stellenbosch “Golden Triangle” (South of Stellenbosch and to the West of the Helderberg Mountains) and the ...
This is a natural sweet late harvest wine from Stellenbosch in South Africa. The dark amber, marmalade and honeyed wine with a medicinal edge and, as our wine connoisseur friend said, an acidic spine, is served with either Summer Pudding – that most delicious of English puddings – or ...
This is a natural sweet late harvest wine from Stellenbosch in South Africa. The dark amber, marmalade and honeyed wine with a medicinal edge and, as our wine connoisseur friend said, an acidic spine, is served with either Summer Pudding – that most delicious of English puddings – or ...
Stellenbosch, Paarl and Constantia are arguably its most well-known wine regions. Yet, over the last few decades, the small but significant town of Franschhoek has overtaken them as the country’s most full-bodied gourmet getaway. Great wines, majestic scenery and heritage architecture, together ...