South Africa's certified old vineyards preserve blocks planted decades before contemporary wine tourism.
A focused tasting connects those vines to place, farming choices and what reaches the glass.
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Cape Winelands experience
Taste Cape old-vine wines
Compare wines from certified old vineyard blocks and learn how dry farming, variety and site preserve a living archive of Cape agriculture.
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The experience
Taste the Cape through vineyards measured in decades
Journeys
Journeys through Cape Winelands
Experience FAQ
Taste Cape old-vine wines
Q01What counts as an old vine?
South Africa's Old Vine Project certifies vineyard blocks from 35 years of age under its current rules.
Q02Will a winemaker lead the tasting?
Only if a named person and appointment are confirmed. The public offer is an old-vine tasting, not automatic private access.
Plan with Alex
Plan an old-vine tasting
Travel from Johannesburg into wildlife country, follow the warm coast toward the Cape, or let spring flowers lead you north into the Kalahari.
We begin with the part of South Africa you most want to feel, then give the country enough time to change around you.
I want you to follow leopard tracks at dawn, swim in the warm Indian Ocean, meet artists and historians in the cities, then watch the last light turn the Kalahari dunes red. South Africa can hold all of this in one journey.
Alex
Journey designer