Wine region
Coastal Region
Coastal Region is a wine region in South Africa, home to 372 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines, known for Wellington, Simonsberg-Paarl.
On this page
Coastal Region's 372 wineries lean red but make plenty of white too; Cabernet Sauvignon is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry WO designation.
Most common single-grape wines
When Coastal Region wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- 107 single-grape wines
- Sauvignon Blanc
- 94 single-grape wines
- Chenin Blanc
- 85 single-grape wines
- Chardonnay
- 71 single-grape wines
- Merlot
- 68 single-grape wines
- Pinotage
- 68 single-grape wines
Wine profile
Coastal Region leans red (about 57% of its wines) but makes meaningful white too.
3,141 distinct Coastal Region wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- Red1,773 · 57%
- White1,221 · 39%
- Rose133 · 4%
Types: Port, Sparkling, Still.
Catalogue vintages span 2001 to 2017.
Representative Coastal Region wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Neethlingshof — Cabernet Sauvignon
- Mullineux — Bas Brut Mcc
- Tormentoso — Syrah
- The Liberator — Special Edition Blood Brothers Red
- Cape Winemakers Guild (Abrie Beeslaar) — Kanonkop CWG Pinotage
- Perdeberg Cellar — Lighthearted Chenin Blanc
- The Liberator — Episode 8 An Arrogance of Sommeliers
- Warwick — Old Bush Vine Shiraz
Sub-regions & appellations
Within Coastal Region, 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:
- Stellenbosch
- Swartland
- Paarl
- Franschhoek
- Constantia
- Wellington
- Darling
- Durbanville
- Tulbagh
- Simonsberg-Paarl
- Simonsberg-Stellenbosch
- Voor-Paarderberg
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.
Explore Coastal Region
Ways to browse Coastal Region — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 3,141 wines tracked above):
- Red Coastal Region (126)
- White Coastal Region (77)
How to choose a good Coastal Region wine
Look for the WO designation — it signals a controlled-origin Coastal Region wine.
FAQs
- What do the designation terms on Coastal Region 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 Coastal Region?
- 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 Coastal Region 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 Coastal Region?
- The current regional catalogue contains 3141 linked wines from 372 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.