In the view of most Europeans who had never visited South Africa, its extremes – i.e. luxury hotels, beautiful beaches and national parks – are overwhelming. But wine connoisseurs are also pleasantly surprised – South Africa, it turns out, is a paradise for the oenophiles. Typical South African wines are low in tartness and emit delightful fragrance. The climate in the country, is mostly smooth and soft all year round. In short, conditions are very favourable to the cultivation of vine grapes and the wine route in the Western Cape province is one of the most popular the tourists. The “Wine route” involves visiting South Africa’s wine-producing towns of Stellenbosch, Paarl, Franschhoek and Constantia. Note: In all provinces are more than four thousand farms engaged in the cultivation of grapes and wine production. Local wine making tradition goes back 350 years, dating back to the first Dutch settlers. In 1659 the first real drinking of Cape wine was inaugurated. Somewhat later, during the religious wars, when France became unsafe for the Huguenots, two hundred refugees after many wanderings, found themselves in the South African coast – apart from the sad memories of the homeland, they brought with them and the secrets of French winegrowers.