South Africa

**South Africa** bridges the Old and New Worlds, combining centuries of winemaking history with a modern, quality-focused revival that has drawn growing international attention. Its vineyards, cooled by Atlantic breezes and shaped by ancient soils, produce wines of freshness and increasing finesse. **Signature wines** — Chenin Blanc (locally its most-planted white, once called Steen), the country's own Pinotage red, plus Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc. **Key regions** — Stellenbosch, Paarl, Franschhoek, Constantia, Swartland, and Walker Bay, most clustered in the Western Cape. **Good to know** — winemaking at the Cape dates back to the mid-1600s, and the historic Constantia sweet wines were prized by European nobility long ago. Pinotage, a crossing of Pinot Noir and Cinsault created here in the 1920s, is the country's signature homegrown grape, and the Swartland region has become a hotbed for a new wave of ambitious, low-intervention producers.

Wines

• Albariño Vino de Finca — Springfield Estate
• Amphora Sauvignon Blanc — Gabriëlskloof
• Angel's Reserve Shiraz — Carmen Stevens
• Aristargos — David & Nadia
• Blanc de Blancs — Pongrácz
• Bona Fide Pinot Noir — Crystallum Wines
• Boneyards — Schultz Family Wines
• Break a Leg Chardonnay — Lukas von Loggerenberg
• Brut — Pongrácz
• Brut Chardonnay Pinot Noir Cap Classique — Boschendal
• Cabernet Sauvignon — Hartenberg Estate
• Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot — Aaldering
• Cabernet Sauvignon Blok A9 — Arendsig
• Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz — Hartenberg Family Vineyards
• Chardonnay — Meerlust
• Chardonnay — Hartenberg Estate
• Chenin Avec Chêne — Simonsig Estate
• Chenin Blanc — David & Nadia
• Chenin Blanc — Cederberg
• Chenin avec Chêne — Simonsig Family Wines