Heritage House · 4
- Babylonstoren Simondium (near Franschhoek), South Africa
Babylonstoren is a 1692 Cape Dutch farm near Franschhoek whose 8-acre, 300-plant garden supplies its own rooibos and honeybush tea, wine, olive oil and produce, served at the Babel restaurant and sold in the farm shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Blaauwklippen Wine Estate Stellenbosch / South Africa
Founded in 1682, Blaauwklippen is South Africa's oldest registered company and one of Stellenbosch's longest-running wine estates, selling its premium wines, potstilled brandy, and craft gins from its Tasting House. The estate pairs wine sales with an on-site art gallery, weekend family market, and De Blaauwe Kitchen restaurant. store page → · open in the atlas → - Boschendal Franschhoek
Cape Winelands estate near Franschhoek and Stellenbosch, dating to an 1685 land grant to Huguenot settler Jean le Long. Today a working farm with vineyards, the Herbert Baker-designed Cottage 1685, a farm shop and butchery, and three on-site restaurants. store page → · open in the atlas → - Neethlingshof Estate Stellenbosch / Online
Established in 1692 and recognized among South Africa's original 14 Wine of Origin estates, Neethlingshof sells its vegan-friendly wine portfolio through its own dedicated wine shop alongside cellar tours and tastings in Stellenbosch. The estate also runs a Wine Club offering members early access to new releases and order perks. store page → · open in the atlas →
Hidden Gem · 24
- Africa Nova V&A Waterfront
Africa Nova curates contemporary African craft and art, from Zulu telephone-wire baskets and beadwork to ceramics, textiles and paintings by named makers. Long run as an independent gallery, it sells collectible pieces that trace the continent's craft traditions into modern design. store page → · open in the atlas → - AKJP Studio Kloof Street, Gardens / Online
AKJP Studio is a retailer in Cape Town for south African fashion, jewelry, accessories, fragrance and homeware from many designers. store page → · open in the atlas → - Anpa Kalk Bay / Online
Anpa is a Cape Town house for organic hand-finished artisan jewellery, sculptural statement pieces in gold, silver, Tanzanite, African emeralds. Made through the Kalk Bay jewelry workshop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ashanti Design City Bowl
Ashanti Design makes lighting, furniture and homeware wrapped in hand-crocheted fabric cord, woven leather and reclaimed materials in bright African-inspired palettes. Pieces are assembled by a Cape Town team, with pendant shades and beanbags among the signatures. store page → · open in the atlas → - Chandler House Church Street / Online
Chandler House is Michael Chandler’s shop-gallery in an 18th-century Cape Georgian house on Church Street, bringing together South African art, ceramics, textiles, antiques and homeware. The adjoining Voorkamer Gallery hosts exhibitions by Cape artists, while Chandler’s upstairs studio produces commissioned ceramics, murals and prints. store page → · open in the atlas → - Charles Greig Jewellers Victoria Wharf, V&A Waterfront
A family jewellery house trading since 1899, Charles Greig pairs its own designed and manufactured fine jewellery with luxury Swiss timepieces at its Victoria Wharf boutique. Four generations have run the firm, whose bench work sits alongside its watch retailing. store page → · open in the atlas → - Everard Read Cape Town Portswood Ridge, V&A Waterfront
The Cape Town branch of Everard Read, South Africa's oldest commercial gallery, shows contemporary painting and sculpture across a waterfront space and its adjoining CIRCA gallery. Founded in Johannesburg in 1913, the gallery represents established and emerging South African artists. store page → · open in the atlas → - Haldane City Centre
Furniture designer Haldane Martin builds colourful, sculptural seating and outdoor pieces, including the wire-and-recycled-plastic Zulu Mama chair that put the studio on the map. The Cape Town showroom presents collections rooted in South African materials and bold colour. store page → · open in the atlas → - Imiso Ceramics Woodstock
Founded in 2006 by Andile Dyalvane and Zizipho Poswa, this Woodstock studio-gallery hand-builds and throws vessels marked with Dyalvane's incised scarification patterns drawn from Xhosa tradition. Alongside the sculptural collectible pieces, the shelves hold more everyday bowls, cups and platters made on site. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kat van Duinen City Centre
Designer Kat van Duinen runs an atelier producing structured leather handbags and tailored ready-to-wear in fine and exotic skins, including ostrich. Garments and bags are cut and sewn in Cape Town and sold from her boutique alongside seasonal collections. store page → · open in the atlas → - Merchants on Long Long Street / Online
Opened in 2010, Merchants on Long is a Cape Town concept store and international platform for emerging and established African fashion and design. Its roster spans leading brands from across the continent, with all stocked labels described by the store as ethically made and sourced in Africa. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mervyn Gers Ceramics Salt River
Mervyn Gers and his team throw and glaze tableware by hand at a Salt River studio, supplying the plates and bowls used by restaurants across South Africa and abroad. The range mixes speckled clay bodies with dozens of glaze colours, each piece showing the small variations of hand production. store page → · open in the atlas → - Missibaba Woodstock
Chloe Townsend's leather label hand-cuts and stitches structured handbags, clutches and belts in bold colours with studded and tasselled detailing at its Woodstock workshop. The bags carry playful names and are made in small runs from full-grain hides. store page → · open in the atlas → - Monkeybiz Bo-Kaap / Online
Monkeybiz is a Cape Town house for colourful African beadwork, unique bead art creations made by local township women, community empowerment crafts. Founded in 2000; Hand-beaded in South Africa by women artists. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mungo Kloof Street / Online
Mungo is a Cape Town house for handwoven kitchen and table linens, bedding, flat weave towels made at their mill in Plettenberg Bay. Founded in 1998; Designed and woven at the Mungo Mill in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa; Worldwide shipping stated. store page → · open in the atlas → - Poetry Kloof Street, Cape Town, Online
Poetry dresses Cape Town in natural fibres and quiet colour — South African womenswear and homeware made for slow wardrobes. store page → · open in the atlas → - Poetry of Living Sea Point / Online
Poetry of Living is a retailer in Cape Town for fashion, homeware, furniture, art and selected design goods. store page → · open in the atlas → - Skinny laMinx Bree Street
Founded in Cape Town in 2008 by designer Heather Moore, Skinny laMinx grew from hand-screenprinted fabric into an international textile and homeware label. In early 2026, Moore stepped back from manufacturing to refocus on studio-based design work. store page → · open in the atlas → - Southern Guild Silo District, V&A Waterfront
Southern Guild represents leading African artists and designers, showing collectible furniture, ceramics and sculpture in a double-volume gallery in the Silo District. Exhibitions rotate through work by names such as Andile Dyalvane and Zizipho Poswa, treating functional design as fine art. store page → · open in the atlas → - Stellenrust Wine Estate Stellenbosch / South Africa
Stellenrust has produced wine in Stellenbosch since 1928 and remains one of South Africa's largest family-owned estates, run today by managing partners Kobie van der Westhuizen and Tertius Boshoff. The estate sells its Kleine Rust, Premium, and Curator's Limited Edition ranges through its South African online shop and tasting room. store page → · open in the atlas → - Streetwires Artist Collective City Centre
This artist collective bends galvanised wire and threads glass beads into sculptures, lampshades, animals and the beaded radios that made Cape Town wire art famous. Begun as a fair-trade project, it employs and trains artisans who work on the floor of the Shortmarket Street rooms. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Corner Store Bree Street / Online
The Corner Store is a retailer in Cape Town for south African accessories, jewelry, textiles and homeware from partner brands. store page → · open in the atlas → - Uwe Koetter Jewellers V&A Waterfront
Founded by German master goldsmith Uwe Koetter in the 1960s, this family jeweller designs and hand-fabricates engagement rings, tanzanite and diamond pieces at its own Cape Town workshop. The Waterfront showroom displays award-winning bespoke commissions made on the bench rather than bought in. store page → · open in the atlas → - Zeitz MOCAA Museum Shop Silo District, V&A Waterfront
The shop at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa stocks art books, limited-edition prints, jewellery and design objects tied to the museum's focus on contemporary African art. Housed in Thomas Heatherwick's converted grain silo, it favours work by African artists and independent makers. store page → · open in the atlas →
Worth a Detour · 6
- Grande Provence Heritage Wine Estate Franschhoek, South Africa
A three-century estate on Franschhoek's main road pairing its wines with a working art gallery and adjoining shop that show South African painters and ceramicists. Tastings, wine-blending sessions and the fine-dining Oak Restaurant sit within the manor grounds. store page → · open in the atlas → - Groot Constantia Constantia / South Africa
Groot Constantia, South Africa's oldest wine estate, sells its Sauvignon Blanc, Pinotage, Grand Constance dessert wine, and Cape Brandy through an online wine shop with full checkout, alongside a Wine Tasting & Retail Shop open daily on the Constantia estate. The property also runs a museum, gift shop, and two restaurants, Jonkershuis and Simon's, on site. store page → · open in the atlas → - Heavin Forge Belfast / South Africa
Heavin Forge — the name a contraction of founders Heather and Kevin Harvey's first names — operates as a bladesmithing studio and school in Belfast, Mpumalanga. store page → · open in the atlas → - Rooibos Ltd Clanwilliam / South Africa
Rooibos Ltd has supplied rooibos and related herbal products since 1954, based in Clanwilliam in South Africa's Cederberg region — the only place in the world where rooibos grows commercially, a plant endemic to this specific stretch of Western Cape mountain terrain. store page → · open in the atlas → - Truth Coffee Roasting City Centre, Cape Town
David Donde opened Truth in 2012 inside an 1898 Victorian warehouse on Buitenkant Street. Architect Haldane Martin's steampunk design has made it one of the world's best-known cafés. store page → · open in the atlas → - Vergenoegd Löw Wine Estate South Africa
Vergenoegd Low Wine Estate sells its Estate, Family, and namesake Vergenoegd Low wine collections through a dedicated online store, alongside daily tastings at its 330-year-old property at 1 Faure Village Road on the Stellenbosch Wine Route. The estate pairs its cellar-door wine sales with a boutique hotel, spa, and restaurants on the same historic grounds. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Aldo Kleyn Leather Designs Thesen Island, Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa
Aldo Kleyn hand-cuts and stitches exotic-skin handbags, belts and wallets, building on techniques he began developing as a teenager in a small Johannesburg shop before running a store in New York. His Thesen Island flagship, opened in 2010, is known for reworking crocodile leather into wearable designs rather than traditional accessories alone. store page → · open in the atlas → - Anatomy Design 7 Hudson Street, De Waterkant, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
Founded Johannesburg 2010 by Megan Hesse and Andrea Kleinloog; Lab Light named Most Beautiful Object in South Africa at Design Indaba 2010 (official about, corroborated by Cape Town Furniture Week: locally manufactured furniture since 2010). store page → · open in the atlas → - Anthonij Rupert Wyne (L'Ormarins) Franschhoek, South Africa
The Rupert family's L'Ormarins estate on the R45 pours across several labels, from Anthonij Rupert and Cape of Good Hope to L'Ormarins and Protea, in two tasting rooms plus a Terra del Capo antipasti bar. Wine-club members gain entry to the estate's classic motor museum. store page → · open in the atlas → - Bark and Mill Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa
This label makes leather and canvas travel bags, backpacks, briefcases and duffels by hand in Knysna, aiming for pieces built to be used for decades rather than replaced. The range covers men's and women's carry goods, with construction and material choices geared toward long service life over trend-driven turnover. store page → · open in the atlas → - Bean There Coffee Company Milpark, Johannesburg
South Africa's first Fairtrade-certified coffee roaster, founded in 2005. Bean There buys direct from small-scale farmers across seven African countries, roasting single-origin lots at its Johannesburg flagship. store page → · open in the atlas → - Brettland Poulsen Durban
Brettland Poulsen is a Durban goldsmith formed when Brettlands, established in 1986, merged in 2017 with the long-running Poulsen jewellery house started decades earlier by Otto Poulsen. The workshop makes handmade custom pieces and heirloom commissions to order. store page → · open in the atlas → - Brookdale Estate Paarl / South Africa
Brookdale Estate in Paarl's Klein Drakenstein makes boutique wines from lesser-known varietals under its Brookdale and Mason Road ranges. Bottles are sold from its online cellar-to-door shop and poured at the estate's tasting room. store page → · open in the atlas → - Caroline's Fine Wine Cellar 152 Main Road, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
Getaway: Cape Town purveyor of fine wine to the cognoscenti since 1997, with current shops in Sea Point and Tokai. Cape Town ETC (22 Nov 2021) called it the city's legendary specialist cellar after more than two decades in the CBD. store page → · open in the atlas → - Chapel Woodstock
Caleb Pedersen's label Chapel hand-makes leather and waxed-canvas backpacks, duffels and wallets built for hard wear and long life. Bags are cut and stitched in Cape Town and sold through the brand's own studio and online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Chohans Spice Durban
Chohans is a Durban spice house and grocer stocking whole and ground spices, curry blends and masalas alongside lentils, rice, oils and everyday pantry goods. The family business blends and packs its own range and ships nationwide from its KwaZulu-Natal base. store page → · open in the atlas → - Clarke's Bookshop 199 Long Street, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
The Long Street specialist dates to 1957 and concentrates on Africana alongside new and second-hand books. store page → · open in the atlas → - Clementina Ceramics 501 Tollgate Industrial Centre, 12 Ravenscraig Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
Production studio established 1989 by Clementina van der Walt and Albie Bailey; van der Walt has worked full-time in ceramics since 1988 (Design Indaba; House and Garden SA). store page → · open in the atlas → - Colmant Cap Classique & Champagne Franschhoek, South Africa
A small Franschhoek house devoted to methode traditionnelle, Colmant makes only Cap Classique and imports a short list of Champagnes chosen by the family. Bottles ship free anywhere in South Africa, and visitors are welcomed to the farm for tastings. store page → · open in the atlas → - Colombo Coffee & Tea Durban North, Durban
Trading as Durban's Coffee Company, Colombo Coffee and Tea roasts specialty single-origin and blended beans from Africa and the Americas at its Durban North cafe, alongside cafe equipment, training programs and wholesale supply for other Durban businesses. store page → · open in the atlas → - Crystal Birch 115C Harrington Street, Gardens, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
The Cape Town milliner publishes a Harrington Street store-showroom connected to local hat production. store page → · open in the atlas → - Darling Wine Route Darling
Wine region north of Cape Town with boutique cellars and the annual wildflower show. store page → · open in the atlas → - David Tlale Johannesburg, South Africa
David Tlale built his couture reputation from Johannesburg with runway-scale showpieces before translating that eye into ready-to-wear dresses, coats and tailoring sold directly through his own shop. Collections such as the Bhabha line carry the same structured silhouettes that made his catwalk work internationally known. store page → · open in the atlas → - Dear Rae 164 Bree Street, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town 8000, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
The Cape Town studio makes jewellery and sells from its Bree Street studio-shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Design Afrika 42 Roodebloem Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
House and Garden SA (23 Oct 2022): founding mission to revitalise African basket weaving; 'We have been doing this for 27 years' (implies mid-1990s). Official About: established 1995 by Binky Newman from Hambukushu baskets after five years in the Okavango. store page → · open in the atlas → - Eagles' Nest Constantia
A Constantia farm carved from the 1685 Simon van der Stel land grant, worked as an orchard until the Mylrea family bought it in 1984; after a 2000 fire destroyed 95% of the property, they replanted it as a vineyard, with a first Shiraz-Merlot-Viognier harvest in 2005. store page → · open in the atlas → - Earth Africa Durban
Earth Africa is a Durban wholesale supplier of Zulu beadwork and telephone-wire baskets, sourcing from craft projects across KwaZulu-Natal and further into Zimbabwe, Zambia and Kenya. The range runs from beaded jewellery, bangles and lanyards to Madiba shirts and woven planters, sold in bulk rather than as single retail pieces. store page → · open in the atlas → - Espresso Lab Microroasters Old Biscuit Mill, Woodstock, Cape Town
Espresso Lab has roasted small-batch coffee at Woodstock's Old Biscuit Mill since 2009, serving precise espresso, filter coffee, latte art and coffee cocktails from the same Cape Town spot. store page → · open in the atlas → - Fairview Wine and Cheese Paarl
A Paarl wine and cheese estate dating to 1693 and restored by the Back family from 1937, Fairview is known for the 1981 goat tower Charles Back built after seeing one in Portugal, alongside wine and cheese tastings and an on-site restaurant. store page → · open in the atlas → - Famke Jewellery 13 Park Road, Gardens, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
The Cape Town studio says its jewellery is handmade in the city and publishes one Gardens shop-studio. store page → · open in the atlas → - Farmhouse Pottery Woodstock Vt / South Africa
Farmhouse Pottery hand-throws stoneware mugs, bowls and dinnerware at its Woodstock, Vermont studio, inviting visitors to shop the store or join a wheel workshop. Its handmade collections, from best-selling Silo mugs to seasonal cottage pieces, are also sold through its online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Haute Cabriere Franschhoek, South Africa
Founded by the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay specialist Achim von Arnim, Haute Cabriere is known for its Pierre Jourdan Cap Classique, sabred at cellar tastings dug into the Franschhoek mountainside. The terrace restaurant matches each course to a wine from the range. store page → · open in the atlas → - Hidden Valley Wines Stellenbosch / South Africa
Hidden Valley Wines produces handcrafted Sauvignon Blanc, Cap Classique sparkling wines, and reds on the slopes of the Helderberg Mountain near Stellenbosch, selling bottles through its full online shop with free delivery on larger orders. Tastings continue by appointment while its Wine Tasting Centre undergoes renovation, alongside its on-site restaurant and deck. store page → · open in the atlas → - Holden Manz Wine Estate Franschhoek, South Africa
This riverside Franschhoek farm makes Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin Blanc and Syrah, including the Big G and Visionaire blends, poured at guided tastings and riverside picnics. An art-filled country house and spa share the grounds. store page → · open in the atlas → - Honest Chocolate 64A Wale Street, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
The Cape Town producer identifies its Wale Street café and chocolate counter. store page → · open in the atlas → - Huguenot Fine Chocolates Franschhoek, South Africa
Belgian-trained chocolatiers Danver Windvogel and Denver Adonis hand-make truffles, slabs and ganaches, including a white-wine filling, at this shop on Franschhoek's main street. A bookable open-kitchen chocolate experience runs tastings and live demonstrations. store page → · open in the atlas → - Indoni Fashion House Glenwood, Durban
Indoni Fashion House debuted at the Durban Fashion Fair in 2014 and designs and manufactures its own clothing collections. The label supplies boutiques around Durban and is stocked at The Fifth in Glenwood. store page → · open in the atlas → - James Mudge Furniture Studio 1 Calcutta Street, Paarden Eiland, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
VISI visited the Paarden Eiland factory and showroom and dates the studio to nearly two decades of handmade solid-wood furniture. Inside Guide: since 2006; traditional cabinet-making in sustainable hardwoods; showroom attached to the factory. store page → · open in the atlas → - Jayshrees / Rivaz Springfield, Durban
Trading for more than 70 years, Jayshrees (Rivaz) sells sarees, kurtis, dhoti and palazzo sets and Indian and fusion wear for men, women and children. The family retailer runs three Durban stores, in Springfield, Cornubia and Chatsworth, alongside its online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Jenna Clifford Johannesburg, South Africa
Jenna Clifford has designed bespoke jewellery from Johannesburg since 1992, staying a family-run operation that deliberately limits output rather than scaling into mass production. Beyond custom commissions, the studio also remodels inherited pieces into new designs, keeping old stones and sentiment in circulation. store page → · open in the atlas → - Jordan Wine Estate Stellenbosch
Wine estate with a restaurant, bakery, wine tastings and views of the Stellenbosch mountains. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kalk Bay Books 62 Main Road, Kalk Bay, Cape Town 7975, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
The independent peninsula bookseller publishes a current Main Road address and anchors a non-CBD neighborhood. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kathrin Kidger Designs Durban
Kathrin Kidger Designs is a family-run Durban ladieswear label producing dresses, jumpsuits, kimonos and leisurewear that are designed and made in South Africa. The collections lean toward fashion-forward, flattering pieces with an emphasis on print and finish. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kilnhouse Design Studio Johannesburg, South Africa
Nicola Smith throws and glazes Kilnhouse's tableware in Johannesburg, working three signature ranges — Spilled Milk, Lines in Sand and Speckle — defined by contrasting raw and glazed clay surfaces. Mugs, carafes and platters are hand-finished individually, with custom and sculptural commissions taken alongside the standing collections. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kirstenbosch Bookshop Cape town / South Africa
The Botanical Society Bookshop at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden's Visitors' Centre sells books on flora, gardens, fauna, and natural history, plus children's titles, stationery, and gift cards, open daily from 9am to 6pm. A smaller satellite shop at the Centre for Home Gardening (Gate 2) carries the same range, and Botanical Society members get a 10% discount at both. store page → · open in the atlas → - Klein Constantia Constantia / South Africa
Klein Constantia sells its wines, including the signature sweet Vin de Constance, through its online shop and tasting room on its estate in Cape Town’s Constantia Valley. The tasting room offers direct estate buying and wine visits, while the on-site bistro adds seasonal lunch service to the same historic wine destination. store page → · open in the atlas → - Knysna Fine Art Thesen House, Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa
This gallery occupies Thesen House, the former premises of South Africa's oldest timber merchants and ships' chandlers in downtown Knysna, and mounts rotating exhibitions of contemporary South African art. It represents an ongoing roster of artists and is regarded as one of the country's larger galleries with an international following. store page → · open in the atlas → - Knysna Woodworkers Knysna Industrial, Western Cape, South Africa
Johan Nel's workshop on Waenhout Avenue has built custom solid-wood tables, cabinets, staircases and kitchens for over 40 years, alongside decorative woodcraft pieces such as replica hobbit doors. Commissions have included rustic furniture for the Featherbed restaurant and a presentation box for the Miss Universe 2017 national gift. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kopi Botol Woodstock
Indonesian-style coffee shop with traditional brewing methods and a unique menu. store page → · open in the atlas → - KWV Paarl / South Africa
Founded in Paarl in 1918, KWV produces wines, brandies, and spirits across brands like Roodeberg, Cathedral Cellar, and its namesake brandy. Its range is sold through an online shop and at the KWV Emporium in Paarl, which also hosts tastings. store page → · open in the atlas → - KZNSA Gallery Glenwood, Durban
The KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts runs a not-for-profit gallery at 166 Bulwer Road in Glenwood, with three exhibition spaces, a cafe and a craft shop. Its shop and online store carry work by regional artists and makers alongside a changing programme of contemporary exhibitions and workshops. store page → · open in the atlas → - La Motte Wine Estate Franschhoek, South Africa
This historic Franschhoek estate pours award-winning Sauvignon Blanc, Cap Classique and Shiraz in its old cellar, alongside a working bakery, the JAN Franschhoek dining room and a farm shop of estate produce. A sculpture walk and hiking trails through the valley round out a visit that leans as much on art and food as on wine. store page → · open in the atlas → - La Petite Ferme Franschhoek, South Africa
Perched above the Franschhoek valley, this family estate makes its own wines and serves them in a long-running restaurant known for its views and seasonal cooking. Boutique suites and a tasting room complete the working farm. store page → · open in the atlas → - Landskroon Wines Paarl / South Africa
Landskroon is a fifth-generation De Villiers family wine estate on the slopes of Paarl Mountain, known for its red and white wines, Blanc de Noir, and Cape Vintage port. Visitors buy and taste at the estate's cellar door, paired with cheese platters and vineyard views. store page → · open in the atlas → - Leopard's Leap Family Vineyards Franschhoek, South Africa
A family winery on Franschhoek's main road with a sociable tasting hall, a seasonal lunch restaurant and a range running from the Culinaria pairing wines to de-alcoholised Natura bottlings. A gift shop and a children's pump track make it a family stop. store page → · open in the atlas → - LIM 86 Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
Founded March 1997 by Pauline Mutlow; furniture handcrafted in the Western Cape (What's On in Cape Town). store page → · open in the atlas → - Mabu Vinyl First Floor, 285 Upper Long Street, Gardens, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
Cape Town ETC (22 Jun 2025) visited Jacques Vosloo at 285 Long Street and treats the shop as 25 years in Cape Town and one of South Africa's iconic record stores. Cape Town Magazine (updated 12 Feb 2024) independently gives First Floor, 285 Upper Long Street and the Searching for Sugar Man appearance. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mantsho Johannesburg / South Africa / Online
South African womenswear brand — bold African prints, contemporary silhouettes, and founder Palesa Mokubung's visionary design. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mark Whitehorn Goldsmith Johannesburg, South Africa
Mark Whitehorn has run his Johannesburg goldsmith studio since 1988, building repeat clientele on bespoke rings, bangles and signature pieces like the Mini Daisy necklace. The workshop still handles one-off and custom orders alongside its standing collections. store page → · open in the atlas → - Moreson Franschhoek, South Africa
Moreson's cellar is built around Cap Classique, led by the playful Miss Molly sparkling range in Brut, rose and Blanc de Blancs. Wine is sold direct in six- and twelve-bottle cases, with a share of sales going to the South African Guide Dog Association. store page → · open in the atlas → - Norval Foundation Shop Cape town / South Africa
At the Norval Foundation in Tokai, Cape Town, the shop sells locally designed books, exhibition posters, and artist-inspired objects such as William Kentridge-referencing beadwork, with about 80% of merchandise made in South Africa. It also runs an Artist Edition Programme selling original and limited-edition prints and sculptures in-store, with proceeds supporting the Foundation's exhibitions. store page → · open in the atlas → - Okapi Cape Town / Franschhoek
Cape Town luxury leather house founded 2008 by Hanneli Rupert — ostrich and blesbok hides as by-products of existing free-range farming, springbok-horn hardware, fourth-generation craftsmen, every element made and traceable in South Africa. store page → · open in the atlas → - Old House Shop Plettenberg Bay / South Africa
Built in 1910 as the first house in Plettenberg Bay, this Kloof Street cottage under century-old oak trees has been curated by Suzie Ovenstone for three decades into a shop packed with hand-crafted homeware and clothing gathered from Zanzibar, Lamu, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozambique and Kenya. Every piece carries a story from the artisan families behind it, making a stop here as much about the maker's tale as the find itself. store page → · open in the atlas → - Origin Coffee Roasting Cape Town / Online
Founded in 2005 by Joel Singer, Origin was among Cape Town's first specialty roasters. Its barista academy has since trained 3,500 baristas and five national champions. store page → · open in the atlas → - Pedersen + Lennard 24 Napier Street, De Waterkant, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
Founded 2008 in Cape Town by industrial designers Luke Pedersen and James Lennard; all pieces designed and manufactured under one roof in Cape Town (Dwell; Startup Mag 2024). store page → · open in the atlas → - PICHULIK Shop 6202, Upstairs, V&A Waterfront, 19 Dock Road, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
The Cape Town house makes sculptural jewellery and maintains a named V&A retail door. store page → · open in the atlas → - Pride of Durban Durban
Started as a home business in 1992, Pride of Durban blends curry powders, masalas, seasonings and its well-known ready-made breyani rice. Recipes are handed down through the family and cover chicken, mutton and fish masalas as well as dry rubs for grilling and roasting. store page → · open in the atlas → - Prins & Prins Diamonds City Centre
Trading since the early 1980s from the heritage Huguenot House on Loop Street, this family diamond house cuts and sets stones on the premises and keeps a deep case of antique and estate jewellery. Bench jewellers work in view, remodelling heirlooms and making engagement rings to order. store page → · open in the atlas → - Red Bridge Brewing Co. Knysna Industria, Western Cape, South Africa
This Noble Street microbrewery cans small batches of pale ale, golden ale, lager and IPA by hand, using minimal filtration so the yeast stays in for body and flavour. It takes its name from Knysna's century-old Red Bridge and runs a taproom and beer garden alongside the production floor under ownership that took over the 2013-founded brewery in 2019. store page → · open in the atlas → - Rickety Bridge Winery Franschhoek, South Africa
A restored estate on the R45 producing the Foundation Stone and Rickety Bridge ranges, with tastings in a modern cellar door and a French-leaning bistro. Vineyard tours, blending experiences and a wine club anchor the visit. store page → · open in the atlas → - Rosetta Roastery Woodstock
Single-origin coffee roaster founded in 2010 in Cape Town's Woodstock district by Rob Cowles, Jono le Feuvre and Jeffrey van Aswegen; roasts only traceable single-origin lots from Africa, Central/South America and Asia, no blends. store page → · open in the atlas → - Select Books 56 Surrey Street, Harfield Village, Cape Town 7708, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
Official site (visited 2026-08-25) still trades out-of-print Africana and sport books from Harfield Village and prints '1986–2026 / Yes, 40 years of Select Books'; founder member of SABDA. AntiquarianAuctions.com seller page: established on Long Street in 1986; relocated to Harfield Village in 2018; still issues Africana catalogues. store page → · open in the atlas → - SMAC Gallery South Africa
Founded in Cape Town in 2011, SMAC Gallery represents contemporary African artists and exhibits at international fairs including Art Basel and The Armory Show, with gallery spaces on Church Street in Cape Town CBD and at the De Wet Centre in Stellenbosch. Available works can be viewed and inquired about directly or browsed through the gallery's partner page on Artsy. store page → · open in the atlas → - Spier Wine Farm Stellenbosch / South Africa
Within one of Spier's oldest Werf buildings, the Cowshed Shop sells handcrafted homeware, farm produce, and Spier wines alongside an apothecary line of teas, tinctures, and skincare made from ingredients grown or harvested on the farm. The shop is open daily from 9am to 5pm at the Stellenbosch estate, where wine has been made since 1692. store page → · open in the atlas → - Studio Loubser Risidale, Johannesburg
Studio Loubser traces back to 1992 as Liz Loubser Designer Jewellers, merging into its current form in 2017 while staying in Risidale and working in gold, silver, platinum and found objects. The studio takes clients through full bespoke commissions — engagement rings, brooches, one-off pieces — and runs its own jewellery-making classes. store page → · open in the atlas → - Studio Three Ceramics Kloof, Durban
Run by potter Anne Schultz, working since 1974, Studio Three throws functional homeware in stoneware, porcelain and terracotta from a studio in Kloof. Pieces are sold at the Shongweni Farmers Market and the KZNSA Gallery, and the studio teaches pottery to all levels. store page → · open in the atlas → - Sugarbush Farm Woodstock Vt / South Africa
Sugarbush Farm has made waxed cheddar cheese and pure Vermont maple syrup on its 500-acre, five-generation Luce family farm outside Woodstock since the 1940s. Visitors get free samples and self-guided tours daily, while the farm store's cheeses, syrups and jams also ship through its online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Book Lounge 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town 8001, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
The independent city bookseller maintains one Roeland Street public shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Franschhoek Olive Oil Company Franschhoek, South Africa
Pressing Frantoio, Leccino and Coratina olives grown in the valley, this maker bottles award-winning extra virgin olive oil and presses fruit for other local growers. Oils and related products are sold from the grove and online. store page → · open in the atlas → - Thebe Magugu Johannesburg, South Africa
Thebe Magugu designs womenswear from his Johannesburg studio that draws directly on South African heritage, including a line of lobola dresses referencing Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, Venda, Ndebele, Tsonga, Swati and Pedi dress traditions. The label's Faculty Press arm publishes essays on African design history alongside its seasonal collections. store page → · open in the atlas → - Thelema Mountain Vineyards Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch estate founded in 1983 when Gyles Webb left an accounting career in Durban to plant vines on the Simonsberg slopes; built its reputation on Cabernet Sauvignon. store page → · open in the atlas → - Under Oaks Paarl / South Africa
Under Oaks is a family-owned working wine farm in Paarl making boutique wines since 2001, sold exclusively from the farm with delivery to the door. The estate pairs its tasting room with a wood-fired pizzeria and guest accommodation. store page → · open in the atlas → - Unieke Antieke Paarl / South Africa
Unieke Antieke is one of South Africa's largest antiques and collectibles dealers, trading since 2003 from its premises at 171 Main Street in Paarl. It sells thousands of items, from die-cast models and coins to silverware and books, in-store, online, and through monthly no-reserve auctions. store page → · open in the atlas → - Veronica Anderson Jewellery Johannesburg, South Africa
Since 2005, Veronica Anderson Jewellery has showcased handmade work from a rotating group of South African goldsmiths and designers rather than one house style. Its bespoke service also reworks existing jewellery into new pieces, treating old gold and stones as raw material for redesign. store page → · open in the atlas → - Victoria Street Market Durban Central, Durban
Housed at 151 Bertha Mkhize Street in the city centre, Victoria Street Market is Durban's oldest market, home to more than 200 stalls of Indian spices, brassware, beadwork, traditional clothing and fresh seafood. It stands in the historic Indian quarter among landmarks such as the Juma Masjid Mosque and Emmanuel Cathedral. store page → · open in the atlas → - Vorster & Braye 42 Frere Street, Woodstock, Cape Town 7915, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
The Woodstock studio designs and makes ceramic tableware and objects. store page → · open in the atlas → - Warwick Wine Estate Stellenbosch / South Africa
Warwick Wine Estate sits in the foothills of Stellenbosch's Simonsberg Mountain, selling its wines through an online shop alongside picnics, vineyard safaris, and themed tastings on-site. Visitors can also join Club Warwick for ongoing wine deliveries tied to the estate's changing seasonal offerings. store page → · open in the atlas → - Waterford Estate Stellenbosch / South Africa
Waterford Estate is a working winery in Stellenbosch's Blaauwklippen Valley, growing and bottling its own reds, whites, and sparkling wines beneath the Helderberg Mountain and selling them through its own online shop as well as at the estate. Visitors can also book cellar tours and tastings, but the wine itself, from the flagship blend The Jem to the Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, is the estate's own product for sale. store page → · open in the atlas → - Wolf & Maiden Bree Street
This Cape Town leather label makes minimalist backpacks, totes, wallets and belts from vegetable-tanned hides with solid brass hardware. Designs are kept clean and unlined so the leather ages to a patina, and the goods are produced in the brand's own workshop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Woodmillers Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa
Woodmillers has spent over 20 years building bespoke kitchens, wardrobes, staircases and decking for clients across the Garden Route, working in indigenous and imported timbers. The workshop takes on both private home commissions and larger jobs for architects and contractors. store page → · open in the atlas → - Woodstock Inn Brewery Woodstock Nh / South Africa
Woodstock Inn Brewery has brewed New Hampshire craft beer since growing from a seven-barrel system to a 30-barrel regional brewhouse, with tours offered on weekends. Its company store sells beer merchandise, drinkware and gift cards both on-site and through its online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Woza Moya Hillcrest, Durban
A social enterprise of the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust founded in 2002, Woza Moya buys and resells work from more than 400 crafters each month, most from the surrounding Valley of 1000 Hills. Its Hillcrest shop and gallery carries Zulu beadwork, telephone-wire bowls, wood carvings and crochet, with proceeds returned to the makers as their main source of income. store page → · open in the atlas →