These restaurants have won enough awards to fill walls, but like so many of South Africa's best places to eat, they're generally relaxed, unpretentious affairs where the prices won't break the bank.
Many of the menus are deceptively simple, heavy on local ingredients and farm fare, but prepared with passion and care.
In no particular order, here are seven wine farms that offer great food and wine, with amazing views.
Best known for its Pierre Jourdan sparkling wines -- known locally as Cap Classique, to get around Champagne naming rights -- Haute Cabriere's restaurant offers fine dining inside of a mountain.
The tables fill an upper level of the cellar, carved out of the Franschhoek Mountain.
But no worries about claustrophobia: vaulted ceilings soar overhead, while the wine cellar stretches out on a level far below.
This is one of the few South African cultivators of pinot noir, which is the focus of a pairing menu in the winter months.
In a country that loves meat, Haute Cabriere caters to vegetarians with a tasting menu every bit as good as its carnivore counterpart.
Haute Cabriere; R45, Franschhoek, 7690, South Africa
Spier
A giant among South African wine farms, Spier is the kind of place where it's easy to get lost for a day, or two or three.
Which is possible, because there's a four-star hotel, a spa, a craft market, an impressive collection of contemporary local art, and a rehabilitation center for injured eagles where guests can interact with the birds.
But the real reason to hang out is to sample more than one meal at Eight, a farm-to-table restaurant with a seasonal menu created with produce from Spier's organic vegetable garden, and its beef from the farm's pastures.
Because the grounds are so expansive, another option is to ask for a picnic basket (best booked in advance) and lounge on the grass with a meal of farmhouse cheeses, salad and freshly baked bread.
This is also a great choice for families, because kids can range as freely as the chickens.
Spier Wine Farm; R310 Baden Powell Rd, Stellenbosch, 7603, South Africa
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