We just came back from South Africa. A country where almost every vineyard location makes you exclaim, “so beautiful!” So constantly jaw-dropping that you get chafing on your chest… Maybe South Africa is the most beautiful wine country in the world. But South Africa is not just beautiful. The wines are fantastic, and right now, the producers are happy with a very successful 2025 vintage.
What struck us on our tour this year was in particular the quality of the white wines. The white South African wines are fantastic. Once South Africa’s most planted grape, but often looked-down on, Semillon has had a fabulous renaissance. Chenin blanc, another classic in the country, has never been as good as it is now. Very old vineyards from both these grapes are now well taken care of.
The gastronomy in the country has reached new heights. And there are wines that go with most things, not least the local, spicy Cape Malay cuisine. We start our tour with a few days in Cape Town and then continue to Walker Bay on the south coast and Franschhoek, Swartland, Tulbagh and Stellenbosch—relatively short distances but still very different places.
Sitting with a gin and tonic on the stoep (veranda) of the Royal Hotel in Riebeek Kasteel in Swartland is very different from sitting in a fashionable café in Franschhoek. You want to do both.
Come on this fabulous wine tour to South Africa with Britt and Per of BKWine, one of the world’s leading wine tour operators (*).
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(*) And the only one who has authored 13 award-winning wine books.
More inspiration: You can get an even better feeling for what you will experience on this tour if you visit the latest tour’s own Facebook group. Lots of pictures and videos from the tour (join the group and you’ll get an update when we post new contents): The wine tour to South Africa 2024 and the wine tour to South Africa 2025.
