South Africa is a place with a lot going on beneath the surface, in every sense. Wine is a prime example. Viticulture has long been an integral part of this region’s agricultural heritage. While Dutch ...

But enough about its signature fruit—there’s far more to explore in the Cape Winelands beyond just the vino. From hiking the ...

Stocked with nearly a quarter-million bottles, Singita is curating the country’s most representative wine list and empowering local communities. Lane Nieset is a writer from Miami who has lived in ...

White South Africans control a vast majority of the country’s wine industry. But it’s growing increasingly possible to support Black winemakers and owners. By John Eligon Paul Siguqa grew up hating ...

Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist said, “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” The South ...

Africa’s wine once had a reputation to rival Europe’s. In the 19th century, vin de Constance, a Cape Town dessert wine, was the A-list tipple of its day, served to Napoleon on his deathbed and ...

From the outside, 500 San Marcos looks just like any other older, repurposed redbrick building. There's a bit that's painted white with a logo and some letters, and when you walk through the street ...

Five years ago, Warren Griffiths was sitting around a firepit with his friends discussing the struggles of South African wineries. The country’s government had imposed strict restrictions amid the ...