Renowned as a leading summer holiday destination around the world, the Cape Winelands keeps stepping up its game with exciting new attractions. The region offers much more than just wine and its creative visionaries take inspiration from all kinds of exotic influences when dreaming up new wine tourism hotspots.

For lovers of nature and wine, the South African winelands has plenty to offer. This Heritage Month, celebrate the magnificence of the natural heritage that is the Cape Floral Kingdom with these interesting fynbos and wine pairings and other fynbos-related attractions.

Mastercard is partnering with The Cape Wine Auction Trust to change the future for children and youth in the South African winelands. Since 2014 The Cape Wine Auction has raised a staggering R125 million, and 100% of the funds raised support education in the winelands.

In their 25th edition, the Great Wine Capitals Best Of Wine Tourism Awards (BOWTA) winners were announced at the 2024 awards ceremony

The Swartland Wine & Olive Route are taking their annual first weekend of November event to the west coast town of Saldanha Bay – to celebrate at the very edge of the appellation.

The wine scene in KwaZulu-Natal has been coming along for some years, but for the average wine-lover it has hardly been worth dedicating a trip to its exploration, until now. With three established wineries consistently producing own-brand bottled wine across a variety of styles and categories, an informal wine route