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Cape South Coast

Cape South Coast is a wine region in South Africa, home to 61 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.

Cape South Coast at a glance: roughly split red/white.
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Cape South Coast's 61 wineries make roughly equal red and white wine; Chardonnay is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry WO designation.

Most common single-grape wines

When Cape South Coast wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:

Wine profile

Cape South Coast is roughly split, making substantial red (49%) and white (47%) wine.

659 distinct Cape South Coast wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • Red320 · 49%
  • White309 · 47%
  • Rose27 · 4%

Types: Port, Sparkling, Still.

Representative Cape South Coast wines

Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.

  • Shannon Vineyards — Capall Ban
  • Lievland Vineyards — Liefkoos Rose
  • Crystallum — Ferrum Chardonnay
  • Minimalist Wines — Experimental Red
  • Julien Schaal — Syrah
  • Iona — Kloof Pinot Noir
  • Newton Johnson — Windandsea Pinot Noir
  • Creation — Reserve Merlot

Sub-regions & appellations

Within Cape South Coast, these appellationsA legally-defined smaller growing area within a wine region, often with its own grapes and rules. are smaller growing areas, often with their own character:

  • Elgin
  • Walker Bay
  • Bot River
  • Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
  • Overberg
  • Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge
  • Malgas
  • Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
  • Cape Agulhas
  • Elim
  • Robertson
  • Elandskloof

Quality designations

Wines here carry WO status — a controlled quality designation.

  • WOWine of Origin — South Africa's certification of where a wine's grapes were grown.

South Africa wine designations

WO
Wine of Origin identifies a South African wine whose stated production area is certified under the statutory Wine of Origin Scheme.
Understanding the wine data
Designation
The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built

Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.

Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.

How to choose a good Cape South Coast wine

Look for the WO designation — it signals a controlled-origin Cape South Coast wine.

FAQs

What do the designation terms on Cape South Coast wines mean?
WO: Wine of Origin identifies a South African wine whose stated production area is certified under the statutory Wine of Origin Scheme. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
How are wineries and producers selected for Cape South Coast?
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
How are representative Cape South Coast wines selected?
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Cape South Coast?
The current regional catalogue contains 659 linked wines from 61 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.

Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.