70 kilometres east of Cape Town, Elgin’s vineyards adhere to sustainable practices, such as the Biodiversity Wine Initiative (BWI) scheme as well as the Integrated Production of Wine system (IPW) – by Malu Lambert.

Dubbed a once-in-a-200-year event, extreme flooding in the Western Cape wrought destruction across some of its wine regions. Malu Lambert reports.

Elgin, one of the Cape’s youngest appellations, suddenly finds itself in the happy situation of being the country’s coolest area of origin — by Michael Fridjhon.