Helicopter Wine Tours

  Wine Flies is thumbs up! - Wine Flies is the way to do wine tasting in Stellenbosch. The 4 wineries that were on our itinerary were all great stops for various reasons. Tasty wines,... read more beautiful views, smart winemakers, and excellent pairings of cheeses and chocolates. The guide that day Corbis ( sp?) was beyond fantastic. His knowledge of the grapes grown and the wines made in the area along with a sharp sense of humor made our day very enjoyable. He had his hands full with the group of SA women on our tour and handled himself very well !! Jokes aside, the group of ladies were fun-loving and ready to imbibe!! All went well for the entire day. Strongly recommend Wine Flies wine tour in the Stellenbosch region. If you get lucky enough to have Cobis (sp?) as your guide/driver/teacher then you have hit the wine tasting jackpot.

  4 Wineries. Good Fun! - The four wineries that we visited: Villiera, Mitre's Edge, Rickety Bridge, and Lovane were all very different from each other and all good wines.

At Villiera, their pinotage was... read more new to me, a grape I've never had. It was really good; probably my favorite of all the wines in all the wineries we visited on this tour. Their wines were served with meats.

At Mitre's Edge, the clear winner was the Huguenot cheese. The wines were paired with an excellent selection of cheeses.

We had lunch at Rickety Bridge. Their burger was excellent! Their wines were good too.

The star of Lovane was the port style. Not normally a fan, this was excellent!

  Fabulous and unique! - Thank you so much for a fabulous tour!

Etian our guide was knowledgeable and a perfect host. We got local knowledge and additional insights into the wines we... read more were tasting.

We will be back and will definitely book again!

  Add first when we arrived we thought we made a mistake . There was few on board that we’re laughing, being loud plus the radio was loud music.
At... read more our first stop we thought 0mg!!
No one listening , broken wine glass the rest of the day panned out, we got to know our group and feel comfortable and enjoyed wine tasting and pairing .
I was really looking forward to visiting stellenbosch but disappointed - had coffee in coffee shop
Overall good

  Amazing day! Did 5 wine stops including lunch sampling over 20 wines!
Mark Shelton was fabulous, so much knowledge, professional and great company all day.
Would thoroughly recommend.

  A Great Day - Fantastic full-day tour led by Gavin, who was highly interesting, informative and accommodating. We visited four very different vineyards, including one small boutique estate where our tasting session took... read more place in the owner’s own home. Cheese, meats, bbq (braai) and chocolates were indulged in alongside an eclectic mix of wines. Would certainly recommend to anyone wanting a fun, intimate and fuss-free day, where you get to know all of your travel companions well.

  A great tour - and help when we needed it. - Mark was our guide through Stellenbosch and he made it a fantastic tour. We hit a lot of rain - he rearranged our itinerary so we’d stay fairly dry... read more and were able to have lunch at a reasonable time. He helped me replace a cable that I’d accidentally left behind in North America and needed a South African debit card to purchase. He kept us entertained when our bus failed to proceed for an hour in Cape Town.

And when he wasn’t handling problems, he was a great guide and host, telling us about the areas and wineries we visited and making suggestions so we could get the most from our time.

I really enjoyed the time we spent with Mark - I’d happily take another Wine Flies tour!

  Best wine tasting - Best wine tasting experience ever!!! The crew was just fantastic - they surely knew the best vinyards in the most spectacular locations, and how to give the audience just right... read more amount of information with maximum amount of fun

  Third Time with Wine Flies from UK - Having just returned to the UK from my third wine flies visit, they are simply my favourite thing to do in South Africa. This time our wine Lord Jann (hope... read more I have spelt that correctly lol) - he was superb, knowledgeable and a total gent throughout the whole day. It was really nice to revisit 3 of the 4 estates that I have been to before and the whole day was just great fun with great company, highly recommended as ever.

This was the first time I have done the Franschoek and Stellenbosch Tour as opposed to just Stellenbosch and it was a really nice change.

It was a really nice touch from Wine Flies to also present me with a complimentary bottle of wine for my third trip with them and really appreciated. I will be back for the next England cricket tour to SA 🙂