The Winery Van Wyk of Western Cape

Winery Van Wyk
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Van Wyk is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Van Wyk wines

Looking for the best Winery Van Wyk wines in Western Cape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Van Wyk 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 Van Wyk wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Van Wyk

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Van Wyk

How Winery Van Wyk wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of gari (cassava flour) with shrimps (africa), pork chops with curry and honey or sublime fish and shrimp colombo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Van Wyk

On the nose the white wine of Winery Van Wyk. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or non oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Van Wyk

  • 2019With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.78/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Viognier
  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling

Discovering the wine region of Western Cape

The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

The Western Cape's Elegant, ageworthy Cabernet Sauvignon wines and Bordeaux Blends were at the vanguard as exports recommenced in the mid-1990s, while Burgundy-style Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Walker Bay are gaining global acclaim, and cool-climate style Sauvignon Blanc from Darling and Overberg is rivaling that made in any other New World country. The Western Cape's wine regions stretch 300 kilomers (185 miles) from Cape Town to the Mouth of the Olifants River in the North, and 360km (220 miles) to Mossel Bay in the east. Areas under Vine are rarely more than 160km (100 miles) from the coast. Further inland, the influence of the semi-arid Great Karoo Desert takes over.

The climate can be cool and rainy (as in Cape Point and Walker Bay) but is more often than not Mediterranean in nature. The Western Cape is littered with spectacular mountain ranges that form the Cape Fold belt. These are extremely important for viticulture across the whole region, contributing soils and mesoclimates ideal for the production of premium wines. Of particular importance are the Boland Mountains, which form the eastern border of the Coastal Region, and the Langeberg range, which separates the Breede River Valley from the Klein Karoo semi-desert.

The top red wines of Winery Van Wyk

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Van Wyk

How Winery Van Wyk wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of spit-turned boar leg (oven) with "automatic watering"., leg or shoulder of lamb with honey and thyme or honey chicken wok style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Van Wyk

On the nose the red wine of Winery Van Wyk. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or dried fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Van Wyk. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Van Wyk

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.73/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Cinsault

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Van Wyk

Planning a wine route in the of Western Cape? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Van Wyk.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Van Wyk and wines from the region

Old Vine Charter: Perth’s Swan Valley to preserve historic vines

Old vines from Western Australia’s Swan Valley will be protected in the soon-to-be launched Swan Valley Old Vine Charter (OVC). More than 20 wineries from this historic region, a 30-minute drive from the state capital of Perth, are participating. The programme will see grapevines from 35 to 125 years of age registered and preserved. Participating wineries include Talijancich Wines, Nikola Estate, John Kosovich Wines, Mandoon Estate and Sandalford Wines. While the vines are predominantly Shiraz, ...

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 ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Pulp

Fleshy and juicy part of the grape berry, it contains sugars, organic acids and various nitrogenous and mineral compounds.