April 7, 2021

How much is wine tasting in Cape Town?

Natasha Clark

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How much is wine tasting in Cape Town?

One of the highlights of a trip to Cape Town is definitely the winelands or “wine country”. The Western Cape is famous for its wine valleys in both Franschhoek and Stellenbosh. It’s tricky to figure out the best way to visit the various wine estates, as the winelands are about a 45 minute drive from Cape Town with some of the estates being a few miles or kilometres apart from one another.

Guests do not want to drive themselves on a wine tasting as South Africa has very strict laws against drinking and driving. A tasting at an estate averages R25 – R250 depending on the farm, the pairing or the amount of tastings you require. An Uber to the winelands will cost approx R450 one way, with added costs of getting ubers between the estates. You might also have a long waiting time or not find an uber available between some wine farms. If you add your return trip, using an Uber or taxi to see the winelands may cost you about R1500.00 just on transport alone.

That’s why Wine Flies Wine Tours is such a big hit to see the winelands in Cape Town. Their wine tours start at R685.00 per person.

The cost is R685.00 pp – R1175.00 pp for a FULL DAY wine tour to Stellenbosch and Franchhoek. The tour includes:

All pickups and drop-offs around Cape Town

Your own qualified wine guide for the day

Four or five carefully chosen, beautiful wine estates to visit

20 – 25 wine tastings to enjoy per person

Cheese pairing at a private estate in a winemaker’s own home

Chocolate pairing at a boutique estate

Biltong pairing at a famous MCC / Sparkling Wine estate

Very educational Cellar Tour

* Traditional lunch at a wine estate either included or for guest’s own account depending on the tour you choose.

How much is a wine tasting wine tour in Cape Town? You can expect to pay from as little as R685.00 all-inclusive for a Wine Flies wine tour for a safe, fun, educational and very memorable experience. Click here for South African rates and view all the wine tour options for our international guests.

     Excellent  
     Based on 70 reviews 
    
 
 
   
 
 
        
   L Kerk 
 2023-11-29
 
 
  The wine tour with this company was so fun! I was a solo guest but had a lot of fun with the group. Would definitely recommend!
  
 
       
   Nina Sykes 
 2023-11-21
 
 
  This was my third tour with Wine flies, and I can safely say again it’s one of the best tours I’ve taken. The tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and made the experience fun from start to finish. You could tell that a lot of time and care was taken in choosing the wine estates that we visited, each one was unique in its own way with truly excellent wine. We enjoyed a fantastic lunch with delicious local food, it was great to experience South African cuisine and of such high quality. The whole feel of the trip was relaxed and you couldn’t help but feel very lucky to be in such beautiful wine lands. The food pairings were also perfectly put together. A special mention to Lola and Alex who were incredibly warm and welcoming hosts on their estate at Mitres Edge. You could tell how much passion they have for producing fine wine and the choice of cheese paired with their wines will live in my memory for a long time to come. I have, and will continue to recommend Wine Flies to anybody I know thinking of travelling to Cape Town. Following the wine tour we took a sunset champagne cruise from the V&A waterfront, in and around Table Bay this was a special and memorable experience and afforded us a chance to get a beautiful view of Table Mountain at sunset from the water.
  
 
       
   Adelle Potter 
 2023-11-05
 
 
  We were a family group of 8 doing the Fransshoek and Stellenboesh tour. Natalie our booking contact offered us a private tour for us all which was great.
Our guide Julian was cheerful and good fun. He gave us a small tour of stellenboesh and Franschoek before and after the vineyard visits.
We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and will definitely use Wine Flies again. Thank you for a great day. Now to try and get all of our wine home on the plane! 😊
  
 
       
   Andrew L 
 2023-11-02
 
 
  Really phenomenal experience with Wine Flies. The whole experience felt very curated (small and large wineries) and well thought out. Julian our guide was truly the highlight - he was interested, interesting, patient, knowledgeable and fun. Overall the experience was great value for money considering the professionalism, facilities, abundant wine tasting and cheese/meat/chocolate pairings & excellent lunch.
  
 
       
   Nadia Cheilyk 
 2023-10-26
 
 
  Peter was a wonderful and incredibly knowledgeable tour guide. We had a fantastic day visiting some of the many Stellenbosch wineries with Wine Flies Wine Tours. Thank you for such an incredible experience.
  
 
       
   Simona Marinkova 
 2023-10-14
 
 
  I've tried Wine Flies twice, and on both wine tours I had fantastic time. Today, I was with them at the Stellenbosch tour and Julian was great guide, insightful and fun! The driving was great too, careful and comfortable. I liked the mix of bigger and boutique estates in the program. Definitely recommend to anyone visiting Cape Town!
  
 
       
   Jason French 
 2023-09-19
 
 
  Very fun, knowledgeable and nice guide. Loved the different wineries we went to.
  
 
       
   roamadventures 
 2023-08-28
 
 
  Excellent organization with fun guides

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L Kerk

2023-11-29

The wine tour with this company was so fun! I was a solo guest but had a lot of fun with the group. Would definitely recommend!

Nina Sykes

2023-11-21

This was my third tour with Wine flies, and I can safely say again it’s one of the best tours I’ve taken. The tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and made the experience fun from start to finish. You could tell that a lot of time and care was taken in choosing the wine estates that we visited, each one was unique in its own way with truly excellent wine. We enjoyed a fantastic lunch with delicious local food, it was great to experience South African cuisine and of such high quality. The whole feel of the trip was relaxed and you couldn’t help but feel very lucky to be in such beautiful wine lands. The food pairings were also perfectly put together. A special mention to Lola and Alex who were incredibly warm and welcoming hosts on their estate at Mitres Edge. You could tell how much passion they have for producing fine wine and the choice of cheese paired with their wines will live in my memory for a long time to come. I have, and will continue to recommend Wine Flies to anybody I know thinking of travelling to Cape Town. Following the wine tour we took a sunset champagne cruise from the V&A waterfront, in and around Table Bay this was a special and memorable experience and afforded us a chance to get a beautiful view of Table Mountain at sunset from the water.

Adelle Potter

2023-11-05

We were a family group of 8 doing the Fransshoek and Stellenboesh tour. Natalie our booking contact offered us a private tour for us all which was great. Our guide Julian was cheerful and good fun. He gave us a small tour of stellenboesh and Franschoek before and after the vineyard visits. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and will definitely use Wine Flies again. Thank you for a great day. Now to try and get all of our wine home on the plane! 😊

Andrew L

2023-11-02

Really phenomenal experience with Wine Flies. The whole experience felt very curated (small and large wineries) and well thought out. Julian our guide was truly the highlight - he was interested, interesting, patient, knowledgeable and fun. Overall the experience was great value for money considering the professionalism, facilities, abundant wine tasting and cheese/meat/chocolate pairings & excellent lunch.

Nadia Cheilyk

2023-10-26

Peter was a wonderful and incredibly knowledgeable tour guide. We had a fantastic day visiting some of the many Stellenbosch wineries with Wine Flies Wine Tours. Thank you for such an incredible experience.

Simona Marinkova

2023-10-14

I've tried Wine Flies twice, and on both wine tours I had fantastic time. Today, I was with them at the Stellenbosch tour and Julian was great guide, insightful and fun! The driving was great too, careful and comfortable. I liked the mix of bigger and boutique estates in the program. Definitely recommend to anyone visiting Cape Town!

Jason French

2023-09-19

Very fun, knowledgeable and nice guide. Loved the different wineries we went to.

roamadventures

2023-08-28

Excellent organization with fun guides