Buitenverwachting Wine Tasting Room is a wine bar in Constantia, Cape Town.
Editorially verified September 26, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Charcuterie platters with fresh baguettes at the tasting centre; Beyond Restaurant on the same farm covers full meals.
Tip: The Double Cab is poured for tasting only on Fridays and Saturdays, so time a visit for those days to include it.
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Address: 37 Klein Constantia Road, Constantia, Cape Town 7806
Steenberg's tasting room pours a benchmark cool climate Sauvignon Blanc flight on its Constantia estate, a short drive from central Cape Town.
PourA glass from the Sauvignon Blanc collection, the variety the estate is best known for
WineA global benchmark for cool-climate Sauvignon Blanc, tasted through a dedicated varietal flight and the small-batch Canvas Collection.
FoodNo kitchen at the tasting bar; Bistro Sixteen82 on the same estate covers meals.
TipBook ahead, since the tasting room takes no walk-ins, and bring a card, because the estate is a cashless facility.
Groot Constantia's tasting room pours from South Africa's oldest wine estate, in the historic Constantia valley a short scenic drive from Cape Town.
PourThe Grand Constance dessert wine, a revival of the estate's 18th century original.
WineSouth Africa's oldest wine estate, pouring its Sauvignon Blanc, Pinotage and dessert Grand Constance in the Cloete Cellar and Manor House.
FoodNo kitchen at the tasting counter; Jonkershuis and Simon's restaurants sit on the same estate.
TipBuy the Visitors Route Experience ticket, which adds the Manor House Museum and Cloete Cellar to a five wine tasting.
Klein Constantia's tasting room pours the revived Vin de Constance dessert wine on its historic Constantia estate, a drive from central Cape Town.
PourVin de Constance, tasted vertically across three vintages.
WineHome of the revived Vin de Constance dessert wine, poured with the estate's own Klein Constantia range.
FoodTastings only for now; the estate Bistro is closed for renovations until the end of October.
TipBook ahead, since capacity is small; the Vin de Constance Experience, a vertical of three vintages, costs R1000 a head.
Constantia Glen's tasting room pours Bordeaux style estate wines with sweeping mountain views, a boutique Constantia stop near Cape Town city.
PourThe estate's flagship Bordeaux-style red blend, tasted on the terrace.
WineA boutique high-altitude estate pouring Bordeaux-style whites and reds with sweeping mountain views.
FoodA food menu for lunch or an early dinner, with lighter dishes to pair with the five wine tastings on offer.
TipSit on the terrace for the mountain view, and go Friday or Saturday when the tasting room stays open into the evening.
Steenberg's tasting room pours a benchmark cool climate Sauvignon Blanc flight on its Constantia estate, a short drive from central Cape Town.
PourA glass from the Sauvignon Blanc collection, the variety the estate is best known for
WineA global benchmark for cool-climate Sauvignon Blanc, tasted through a dedicated varietal flight and the small-batch Canvas Collection.
FoodNo kitchen at the tasting bar; Bistro Sixteen82 on the same estate covers meals.
TipBook ahead, since the tasting room takes no walk-ins, and bring a card, because the estate is a cashless facility.
Wine Concepts Newlands pours free tastings six days a week behind its retail counter in the Cardiff Castle building, a Cape Town specialist wine shop.
PourWhichever bottle is open at the daily free tasting counter that week.
WineA specialist wine, beer and spirits shop in the Cardiff Castle building with a standing free tasting counter.
FoodRetail only, no kitchen; tastings are poured alongside the shop shelves.
TipTastings run on weekdays from 16:00 to 19:00 and on Saturdays from 12:00 to 15:00, so time a visit to that window.
Groot Constantia's tasting room pours from South Africa's oldest wine estate, in the historic Constantia valley a short scenic drive from Cape Town.
PourThe Grand Constance dessert wine, a revival of the estate's 18th century original.
WineSouth Africa's oldest wine estate, pouring its Sauvignon Blanc, Pinotage and dessert Grand Constance in the Cloete Cellar and Manor House.
FoodNo kitchen at the tasting counter; Jonkershuis and Simon's restaurants sit on the same estate.
TipBuy the Visitors Route Experience ticket, which adds the Manor House Museum and Cloete Cellar to a five wine tasting.
Klein Constantia's tasting room pours the revived Vin de Constance dessert wine on its historic Constantia estate, a drive from central Cape Town.
PourVin de Constance, tasted vertically across three vintages.
WineHome of the revived Vin de Constance dessert wine, poured with the estate's own Klein Constantia range.
FoodTastings only for now; the estate Bistro is closed for renovations until the end of October.
TipBook ahead, since capacity is small; the Vin de Constance Experience, a vertical of three vintages, costs R1000 a head.
Constantia Glen's tasting room pours Bordeaux style estate wines with sweeping mountain views, a boutique Constantia stop near Cape Town city.
PourThe estate's flagship Bordeaux-style red blend, tasted on the terrace.
WineA boutique high-altitude estate pouring Bordeaux-style whites and reds with sweeping mountain views.
FoodA food menu for lunch or an early dinner, with lighter dishes to pair with the five wine tastings on offer.
TipSit on the terrace for the mountain view, and go Friday or Saturday when the tasting room stays open into the evening.
Openwine on Wale Street, opened by an Italian family in 2016, pours small batch South African wines from weekly specials in Cape Town's first enoteca.
PourWhichever small batch South African bottle leads that week's specials
WineBilled as Cape Town's first enoteca, stocking small batch South African labels with no fixed list, only weekly specials.
FoodA short food menu to go with the wine, alongside a Sunday house band and jam session.
TipGo on a Sunday for the house band's improvised set and the jam session with visiting musicians that follows it.
