There’s no place quite like the Cape winelands of South Africa. The region sprawls along the tip of the African continent, buffeted by the planet’s wildest ocean, the Atlantic. You’ll find historic estates embedded into the landscape, many of which have been family-owned for generations. Geographically, one could say South Africa slots into the “New World” of winemaking. But that’s not quite true. The “Old World” lives here too, in terms of both style and tradition. South Africa also has some of the world’s oldest soils, demonstrated by steep, folded mountains, like the pages of a well-thumbed novel. The national vineyard is made up of a wide variety of cultivars, and sub-regions are famous for certain wines, such as Stellenbosch for cabernet sauvignon, or chardonnay in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley.