Wines of South Africa

The Cape Winemakers Guild has become a leading force in raising the bar of South African wine, bringing together top win... Read more

In this episode we’ll be looking at one of the historic districts of the Winelands, Franschhoek. Its long history is ref... Read more

Robertson came to wine a bit later than some of the areas closer to Cape Town, but that's only because the mountains sep... Read more

South Africa's first varietal Shiraz only appeared in 1957, but the grape's popularity grew tremendously in the 1990s an... Read more

For much of the twentieth century Cinsault was the most planted wine grape in South Africa. Starting in the 1960s its pl... Read more

Pinot Noir only occupies about 1200 hectares of South Africa’s vineyards, but has produced a great many notable wines in... Read more

Traditionally most of South Africa's vineyards have been in the lower-lying areas of regions like Robertson, Stellenbosc... Read more

In 1998 the South African wine industry introduced the Integrated Production of Wine system, a sustainability program th... Read more

In this episode we look at the third-most planted white grape variety in South Africa. Sauvignon Blanc is incredibly pop... Read more

In this episode we talk to three winery owners in Elgin, South Africa's coolest-climate wine growing area. Thanks to a s... Read more