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SA Cellar Classification

  • South Africa’s top wine producers over the past 10 years – the best track records from 2014 to 2023 (inclusive) 
  • According to the top panels – the experts’ rankings of South African wines as reviewed around the world

The SA Wine & Cellar Classifications, updated annually since 2004, are based on the top ratings by the most respected panels locally and internationally when it comes to assessing wine quality and interest value in a ‘blind tasting’ environment – the identities of the wines and their producers withheld so as to avoid positive or negative bias in terms of brand status, the origin of the grapes and the location of the cellars. For South Africa’s Best of the Best most highly rated wines over the past 10 years, click here. For the most highly rated SA wine producers in the Hall of Fame, see below. For info about the top wine panels, click here, and for their latest reviews, click here.

Ratings by individual critics do not have a bearing on the Classifications, and nor to the results of certain questionable wine competitions. Depending on the number of vintages for which the wines receive top accolades and the nature of the accolades, the very best track records are highlighted in showcasing which of South Africa’s wines are most highly fancied year in and year out.

For a pdf of the full 2024 SA Wine & Cellar Classifications together with more information regarding eligibility for selection and the ranking system, click here to print or download.

The Hall of Fame includes the SA wine producers applauded for The Best of The Best in terms of the SA Wine Classification.

MOST HIGHLY RATED SA WINE PRODUCERS

Alto – Helderberg-Stellenbosch

Babylonstoren – Simonsberg-Paarl

Beaumont – Bot River

Beeslaar – Stellenbosch

Bellingham – Franschhoek

Beyerskloof – Stellenbosch

Boplaas – Calitzdorp

Boschendal – Franschhoek

Bouchard Finlayson – Hemel-en-Aarde Valley

Buitenverwachting – Constantia

Cape Point Vineyards – Noordhoek

Cederberg Wines – Cederberg

Constantia Glen – Constantia

Creation – Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge

Crystallum – Bot River

De Grendel – Panorama-Durbanville

De Krans – Calitzdorp

Delaire Graff – Banghoek-Stellenbosch

Delheim – Simonsberg-Stellenbosch

DeMorgenzon – Stellenbosch Kloof

Diemersdal – Durbanville

Domaine des Dieux – Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge

Driehoek – Cederberg

Durbanville Hills – Durbanville

Eikendal – Helderberg-Stellenbosch

Elgin Vintners – Elgin

Flagstone – Somerset West/Strand

Graham Beck – Robertson

Groot Constantia – Constantia

Hartenberg – Bottelary-Stellenbosch

Heineken Beverages – Stellenbosch

Holden Manz – Franschhoek

Jordan – Stellenbosch Kloof

Kanonkop – Simonsberg-Stellenbosch

Ken Forrester – Helderberg-Stellenbosch

Klein Constantia – Constantia

Kleine Zalze – Stellenbosch

KWV – Paarl

La Vierge – Hemel-en Aarde Valley

Le Riche – Helderberg-Stellenbosch

Leeuwenkuil – Paarl/Swartland

Lothian – Elgin

Mullineux – Riebeek Kasteel, Swartland

Nederburg – Paarl

Neil Ellis – Helshoogte-Stellenbosch

Newton Johnson – Upper Hemel-en-Aarde

Oak Valley – Elgin 

Paul Cluver – Elgin

Perdeberg – Paarl

Raats – Stellenbosch

Rainbow’s End – Banghoek-Stellenbosch

Rijk’s – Tulbagh

Rustenberg – Stellenbosch

Sadie Family – Paardeberg-Swartland

Saronsberg – Tulbagh

Shannon – Elgin

Simonsig – Stellenbosch

Spier – Vlottenburg-Stellenbosch

Stark-Condé – Jonkershoek-Stellenbosch

Steenberg – Tokai/Constantia

Stellenrust – Helderberg-Stellenbosch 

Tokara – Helshoogte-Stellenbosch

Uva Mira – Helderberg-Stellenbosch

Vergelegen – Somerset West

Villiera – Stellenbosch

Warwick – Simonsberg-Stellenbosch

Windmeul – Paarl

For more info about the top SA wine cellars