The Winery Highveld of Coastal Region of Western Cape

Winery Highveld
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Western Cape.
It is located in Coastal Region in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Highveld is one of the best wineries to follow in Coastal Region.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Coastal Region to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Highveld wines

Looking for the best Winery Highveld wines in Coastal Region among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Highveld wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Highveld wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Highveld

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Highveld

How Winery Highveld wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of sun wheat, scallops with saffron or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Highveld

  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Highveld.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Coastal Region

The wine region of Coastal Region is located in the region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine KWV or the Domaine KWV produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Coastal Region are Pinotage, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Mourvèdre, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Coastal Region often reveals types of flavors of cherry, orange or mango and sometimes also flavors of guava, gooseberry or passion fruit.

In the mouth of Coastal Region is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 290 estates and châteaux in the of Coastal Region, producing 790 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Coastal Region go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Winery Highveld

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Highveld

How Winery Highveld wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of piglet shoulder with melting baked apples, moussaka with spices or duck breast with goat cheese and local ham.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Highveld

  • 2016With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 2.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 2.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Highveld.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Winery Highveld

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Highveld

How Winery Highveld wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shoulder of suckling lamb confit with herbs, meatballs catalan style or rabbit with mustard in a casserole.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Highveld.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Cryptogamic

Refers to diseases transmitted to plants by a fungus.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Highveld

Planning a wine route in the of Coastal Region? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Highveld.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Highveld and wines from the region

Ten years on: Chinese wine’s breakthrough moment at DWWA

The prestige attached to winning at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) means that being awarded a Bronze medal for some wineries will mean huge celebrations in China, Japan, India, or Thailand. Since the competition began in 2004, I have often reminded judges on my panel about this – whether they are journalists, sommeliers, educators, Masters of Wine or Master Sommeliers. Scroll down for new tasting notes and scores on Jia Bei Lan vintages: from the Chinese wine label that won big at DWWA 20 ...

Cape Winemakers Guild 2022 auction: all the lots to bid on

The 38th annual Cape Winemakers Guild Auction is back on home soil in South Africa this year. Auction house Strauss & Co will host the sale, sponsored by Nedbank, live and online from 5pm to 8pm on Friday 30 September and 9am to 3pm on Saturday 1 October. Bidders can attend the auction in person at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, bid by telephone, or online. They can also leave a commission bid in advance of the sale. Bonhams auction house held the auction in London in 2020 and 2021 ...

San Luis Obispo Coast recognised as newest AVA

San Luis Obispo Coast was awarded on 9 March, 2022 by the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The new AVA establishes a 97 kilometer-long strip along California that locals call SLO (slow) Coast, describing the Pacific Ocean’s influence on the area’s culture and lifestyle, terrain, and wines.  SLO Coast is located midway between two major California cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with Burgundy varieties making up a majority of San Luis Obispo Coast’s high-end wine pr ...

The word of the wine: Cryptogamic

Refers to diseases transmitted to plants by a fungus.