35 stores · curated ORBIS register
South African wine leans on Stellenbosch slopes and old estates, some among the original Wine of Origin fourteen. Warwick Wine Estate works the foothills of Stellenbosch's Simonsberg Mountain. Neethlingshof Estate counts among the country's original fourteen Wine of Origin estates. La Motte Wine Estate pours Cap Classique and estate Shiraz beside its art-and-food program. Pinotage divides the table here, and tasting settles it faster than arguing. An estate bottle carries the slope; a blend carries the brand.
V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
Art@Africa is a gallery on the 1st Floor of the Clocktower Centre, Silo District, V&A Waterfront, selling paintings, drawings, sculptures, collectable prints, functional art and art books from artists including Barney Bernardo, David Griessel and Kara Schoeman. It also curates art at two wine estates in addition to the waterfront gallery.
Best for Original paintings sculpture and prints
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.
Best for Cape Town purveyor of fine wine to the cognoscenti since 1997, with current shops in Sea Point and Tokai.
Darling
Darling Wine Route is a wine region north of Cape Town with boutique cellars and the annual wildflower show. At Darling, the range centers on boutique wine cellars and the annual wildflower show north of Cape Town.
Best for Boutique wine cellars and the annual wildflower show north of Cape Town
Cape Town
The Wine Shop Cape Town (thewineshopcapetown.co.za) sells hand-selected white, red and sparkling wines curated with what it describes as intention and deep expertise, and also runs behind-the-scenes wine tours including one called "The Flying Sommelier." The shop is described as sitting on the foothills of Table Mountain.
Best for Curated South African wine selection
Orange Street, Cape Town
Vino Pronto is a boutique wine shop at 42 Orange Street in Gardens, Cape Town, selling a curated selection of South African wines with a focus on low-additive natural wines, orange wines and petnat. It offers a bespoke wine selection service and free courier delivery over R950 within parts of Cape Town.
Best for Natural and low-additive South African wine
Stellenbosch / South Africa
Founded in 1682, Blaauwklippen is a Stellenbosch wine estate, 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.
Best for Wine, Spirits, Gin
Stellenbosch
Jordan Wine Estate is a wine estate with a restaurant, bakery, wine tastings and views of the Stellenbosch mountains.
Best for Wine tastings, restaurant, bakery, and Stellenbosch mountain views
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.
Best for Vegan-friendly wines from one of South Africa's original 14 Wine of Origin
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.
Best for Wine, homeware, apothecary, ceramics
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.
Best for Kleine Rust and Curator’s Limited Edition wines
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.
Best for Wine tastings, a deli, and views over the Simonsberg
Thelema Mountain Vineyards was founded in 1983 by Gyles Webb, who left a career as an accountant in Durban to plant vines on the slopes of the Simonsberg above Stellenbosch. Webb's guiding philosophy holds that wine is made in the vineyard rather than the cellar, an approach that steered the estate toward site selection and canopy management rather than cellar intervention. By the mid-1990s, Thelema's wines were selling out within a month of release, and Webb became known internationally for bringing recognition to Stellenbosch's Cabernet Sauvignon in particular. In 2002, the Webb family expanded beyond their original farm, purchasing a second property in the cooler Elgin region to access different growing conditions for grapes that need a longer, cooler ripening period. The Stellenbosch estate sits on the mountain's slopes with views over the valley, and today combines its vineyard and cellar operations with a tasting room and a deli for visitors.
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.
Best for Warwick Wine Estate sits in the foothills of Stellenbosch's Simonsberg Mountain
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.
Best for Wine, winery, tasting room
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.
Best for Flagship Anthonij Rupert reds and tasting flights
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.
Best for Farm-grown rooibos, honeybush, wine and olive oil
Babylonstoren occupies one of the oldest Cape Dutch farms in South Africa, established in 1692 at the foot of the Simonsberg mountain between Franschhoek and Paarl. The estate's defining feature is its garden, redesigned from 2007 by French garden architect Patrice Taravella, whose earlier work on the kitchen garden at Notre-Dame d'Orsan caught owner Karen Roos's attention. Spread across roughly eight acres, the garden holds more than 300 edible or medicinal plant varieties arranged in 15 clusters — vegetables, stone and pome fruit, citrus, berries, nuts, bees, ducks and chickens among them — and every restaurant and shop on the property draws directly from what's in season there.
Alongside its wine cellar and olive grove, Babylonstoren has built a tea programme around the Cape's own fynbos plants: rooibos and honeybush, sourced organically from a Cederberg supplier and, more recently, grown on the farm's own Simonsberg slopes. Both are naturally caffeine-free, with rooibos's fruity red infusion and honeybush's honeyed, floral cup sold loose or bagged in reusable tins from the farm shop. The Babel restaurant and the Greenhouse eatery cook from the same beds, so a visit can move from garden rows to a cellar tasting to a pot of estate-grown honeybush without leaving the property.
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.
Best for Farm shop, restaurant, mountain biking
Boschendal was first granted in 1685 by Cape governor Simon van der Stel to Jean le Long, one of around 200 French Huguenot refugees who settled at the Cape. Ownership passed to Abraham de Villiers in 1715, whose family held the farm for 164 years, and the estate's 1812 manor house is a declared National Monument. Boschendal today operates as a working farm, offering accommodation ranging from a Mountain Villa to the Herbert Baker-designed Cottage 1685. Dining is spread across three restaurants, supplemented by a Farm Shop & Butchery selling estate produce.
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.
Best for Wine, Chenin Blanc, field blends
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.
Best for Cap Classique sparkling wine
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.
Best for Estate wine and goat’s-milk cheese
Fairview is a wine and cheese estate at the foot of Paarl Mountain in South Africa's Western Cape, with a history tracing to 1693, making it one of the region's oldest wine-producing properties. The modern estate dates to 1937, when it was purchased and restored by the Back family, whose descendants still run it. Its best-known landmark is the goat tower: in 1981, owner Charles Back — who kept a herd of roughly 750 Saanen goats — built a two-storey brick tower with a spiral wooden staircase and windows, inspired by a similar structure he had seen on a producer visit to Portugal, giving the goats somewhere to climb and rest. The estate is also the origin point for its Goats do Roam wine range: according to the family's own account, Charles's son Jason once left a paddock gate open, letting the goats wander into the vineyards and select some of the ripest grapes, which inspired the playful, punning wine label. Today Fairview combines commercial wine and cheese production — it is particularly known for its goat's and cow's milk cheeses — with a visitor program of tastings, a restaurant, and public access to the goat tower itself.
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.
Best for Wine tasting with a working art gallery
Constantia / South Africa
Groot Constantia sells its Sauvignon Blanc, Pinotage, Grand Constance dessert wine, and Cape Brandy through an online wine shop with full checkout, alongside a tasting and retail shop on the Constantia estate. The property also runs a museum, gift shop, and two restaurants, Jonkershuis and Simon's, on site.
Best for Wine, cellar-door, gift-shop
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.
Best for Pierre Jourdan Cap Classique
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.
Best for Red blends and riverside picnics
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.
Best for Hand-made truffles and the chocolate experience
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.
Best for Wine, vineyard, tasting-room
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.
Best for Wine, brandy, spirits
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.
Best for Cap Classique and estate Shiraz with an art-and-food day
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.
Best for Estate wine with a valley-view lunch
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.
Best for Wine, Blanc de Noir, Cape Vintage port
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.
Best for Culinaria pairing wines and family lunches
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.
Best for Miss Molly Cap Classique
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.
Best for Foundation Stone Chenin Blanc
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.
Best for Wine, boutique wine
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.
Best for Winery, wine-estate, tasting-room
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