SO THE RESTAURANT critics have pronounced on the top farms to lunch or dine at in the Cape, among the vines, but which wines from these estates are as good as the food they serve… Here are the most highly recommended reds, whites and other beauties from those South African wine producers where the restaurants got the nod at the 2025 Eat Out Awards and/or in the 2025 Gourmet Guide. Yes, many of these restaurants offer top wines from from elsewhere in the country, if not from around the world. But what comes from the farms' own cellars that is as highly rated as what they put together in their kitchens?
AVONDALE – Klein Drakenstein, Paarl
FABER: Two Stars at Eat Out Awards, One Plate in Gourmet Guide
Top White Wine: Anima Chenin Blanc
Cap Classique Sparkling: Armilla Blanc de Blanc
BEAU CONSTANTIA – Constantia Nek, Cape Town
Chefs Warehouse: Two Stars at Eat Out Awards, Three Plates in Gourmet Guide
Top Wine SA Hall of Fame
Top Red Wine: Aiden (Blend)
Top White Wine: Pierre (Blend)
BUITENVERWACHTING – Constantia, Cape Town
Beyond Restaurant: Two Stars at Eat Out Awards, Two Plates in Gourmet Guide
Top Wine SA Hall of Fame
Top Red Wines: Christine (Blend), Double Cab (Blend)
Top White Wines: Sauvignon Blancs
Dessert Wine: 1769 (Noble Late Harvest)
CAVALLI – Helderberg-Stellenbosch
Restaurant: One Star at Eat Out Awards, One Plate in Gourmet Guide
Top Red Wine: Cabernet Sauvignon
Top White Wine: Chardonnay
CREATION – Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge
One Star at Eat Out Awards, One Plate in Gourmet Guide
Top Red Wines: Pinot Noirs
Top White Wines: Chardonnays
DE MEYE – Muldersvlei, Stellenbosch
The Table: One Star at Eat Out Awards, Two Plates in Gourmet Guide
Top Red Wine: Cabernet Franc
DELAIRE GRAFF – Banghoek/Helshoogte, Stellenbosch
Delaire Graff Restaurant: One Plate in Gourmet Guide
Höseki: One Star at Eat Out Awards, Two Plates in Gourmet Guide
Top Wine SA Hall of Fame
Top Red Wines: Banghoek (Blend), Banghoek Reserve Merlot, Botmaskop (Blend), Cabernet Sauvignons
Top White Wines: Chardonnays, Sauvignon Blancs, Swartland Reserve Chenin Blanc, White Reserve (Blend)
Port-Style Wine: Cape Vintage (Port Style)
GABRIËLSKLOOF – Bot River
Farro: One Star at Eat Out Awards
Top Red Wine: Cabernet Franc
Top White Wines: Elodie Chenin Blanc, Magdalena Semillon
JORDAN – Stellenbosch Kloof
With Marthinus Ferreira: Two Stars at Eat Out Awards, One Plate in Gourmet Guide
Top Wine SA Hall of Fame
Top Red Wines: Black Magic Merlot, Long Fuse Cabernet Sauvignon, Cobblers Hill (Blend), Sophia (Blend)
Top White Wines: Barrel Fermented Chardonnay, Nine Yards Chardonnay, Riesling
LE LUDE – Franschhoek
Orangerie: One Star at Eat Out Awards
Cap Classique Sparklings
LEEU – Franschhoek
La Petite Colombe: Three Stars at Eat Out Awards, Three Plates in Gourmet Guide
Top Red Wine: Wellington Old Vines Basson Cinsault
Top White Wines: Radicales Libres Chardonnay, Stellenbosch Chardonnay
LONGRIDGE – Helderberg, Stellenbosch
Rykaart's: One Star at Eat Out Awards
Top Red Wines: Maandans Pinotage, Misterie Merlot
Top White Wine: Clos de Ciel Chardonnay
MAISON – Franschhoek
Chefs Warehouse: One Star at Eat Out Awards, Two Plates in Gourmet Guide
White Wine: Chardonnay…
Cap Classique Sparkling…
QUOIN ROCK – Simonsberg, Stellenbosch
Gåte: Two Plates in Gourmet Guide
Top Red Wines: Red Blends, Shiraz
Top White Wines: Chardonnay, White Blend
Top Cap Classique Sparkling: Black Series
REMHOOGTE – Simonsberg, Stellenbosch
Vuur Goose Island: One Star at Eat Out Awards
Top Red Wines: Aspect Merlot, Sir Thomas Cullinan (Blend)
RUST EN VREDE – Helderberg, Stellenbosch
Restaurant: Two Stars at Eat Out Awards, Two Plates in Gourmet Guide
Top Red Wines: 1694 Classification (Blend), Estate (Blend), Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Single Vineyard Syrah, Syrah
SILVERMIST – Constantia Nek, Cape Town
La Colombe: Three Stars at Eat Out Awards, Three Gold Plates in Gourmet Guide
Wine: Certified Organic…
TOKARA – Helshoogte, Stellenbosch
Restaurant: One Plate in Gourmet Guide
Top Wine SA Hall of Fame
Top Red Wines: Director's Reserve (Blend), Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Reserve Syrah
Top White Wines: Director's Reserve (Blend), Reserve Elgin Sauvignon Blanc, Reserve Stellenbosch Chardonnay
Dessert Wine: Sauvignon Blanc Noble Late Harvest
VERGENOEGD LÖW – Faure, Stellenbosch
Clara's Barn: Two Stars at Eat Out Awards, Two Plates in Gourmet Guide
Top Red Wine: Valentina Malbec
VONDELING – Paarl
Scape at Vrymansfontein: One Star at Eat Out Awards
Top Red Wines: Barrel Selection Merlot, Bowwood Pinotage, Philosophie (Blend)
Top White Wine: Babiana (Blend)
WATERKLOOF – Sir Lowry's Pass, Somerset West
Chorus Restaurant: Two Stars at Eat Out Awards, One Plate in Gourmet Guide
Top Red Wines: Circle of Life (Blend), False Bay Pinotages
Top White Wines: Circle of Life (Blend), Waterkloof Sauvignon Blanc
WELTEVREDE – Bonnievale
Kapokbos: One Star at Eat Out Awards
White Wines: Chardonnays
Cap Classique Sparklings
