The wine farms inside Cape Town's city limits

Map of 10 locations in Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town is one of the few cities where a 300-year-old vineyard sits inside the municipal boundary, on a road served by the same buses as the suburbs. Most of these farms are in the Constantia Valley, on the east-facing slopes below Constantia Nek and the Steenberg mountains, with one more over the ridge above Noordhoek beach. What they share is working vines, a tasting room open to anyone who drives up, and a street address rather than a day trip.

Places in this collection

  • Cape Point Vineyards — The one farm on this list outside Constantia, family-owned and set on the slopes of Chapman's Peak above the sweep of Noordhoek beach. Cool…
  • Steenberg — The oldest registered farm in the Cape, and the valley's reference point for Méthode Cap Classique, which is what most tastings here are bu…
  • Constantia Uitsig — Wine has been made on this land for more than 300 years, and the farm has put itself through a long refurbishment, including a contemporary…
  • Buitenverwachting — The name means "beyond expectation", and the land was originally part of Simon van der Stel's Constantia estate before it was split off. Ta…
  • Silvermist — The gate is just over the rise at the top of Hout Bay, but the vines grow down the Constantia side of the mountain, which is how an organic…
  • Eagles' Nest — Known in the valley for its Shiraz, with the Merlot close behind, on a site high enough that the peak above it carries the farm's name. Hou…
  • Constantia Glen — The tasting is charged separately from the kitchen, with flights priced by selection, and the room has tables inside and out facing the len…
  • Beau Constantia — A small farm planted on some of the steepest slopes on the Cape Peninsula, just past the circle at the top of Constantia Nek. The restauran…
  • Klein Constantia — Home of Vin de Constance, the sweet wine that reached Napoleon and turns up in Jane Austen. The tasting is still done standing up, a setup…
  • Groot Constantia — Founded by Simon van der Stel in 1685, which makes it the oldest wine-producing farm in the Cape and the reason the valley exists as a wine…

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