Groot Constantia Wine Tasting Room is a wine bar in Constantia, Cape Town.
Editorially verified September 26, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: No kitchen at the tasting counter; Jonkershuis and Simon's restaurants sit on the same estate.
Tip: Buy the Visitors Route Experience ticket, which adds the Manor House Museum and Cloete Cellar to a five wine tasting.
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Address: Groot Constantia Road, Constantia, Cape Town 7806
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.
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.
Culture Wine Bar on Bree Street in Cape Town pours South African cult bottlings, natural wines and imports from France to Australia, with weekend live jazz.
PourA sommelier-led flight pairing a South African natural wine against an international counterpart.
WineA wall of South African cult bottlings and small-grower natural wines alongside special imports from France and Australia.
FoodSnacky bits from chef Matt Manning: charcuterie, cheese boards, a prawn po'boy and a signature croque monsieur.
TipGo at the weekend for the live jazz, and book a booth ahead; the R150 a head deposit comes off the final bill.
Publik Wine Bar on Kloof Nek Road pours independent, small-producer Cape wines with no reservations taken, a Tamboerskloof wine fixture in Cape Town.
PourA by the glass list of lesser known Cape growers that changes regularly
WineIndependent, small-producer South African wines chosen for character rather than label recognition.
FoodA short snacking menu built to sit alongside the glass, not compete with it.
TipNo phone and no bookings, so arrive early on a Friday if you want a seat at the counter.
Tannin on Bree Street stocks 430 purely South African wine labels across three floors, one of the most serious new wine rooms in Cape Town today.
PourA glass from the rotating South African by-the-glass list, chosen fresh each week.
WinePurely South African, with 430 labels on the list and around 40 poured by the glass.
FoodSeasonal small plates and platters that change with what is available.
TipThe ground-floor bar is first come, first served, but the first-floor restaurant needs a booking.
