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A sunrise aerial view of vineyards and wheat fields in the Swartland wine growing area in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Situated about 40 km north of Cape Town, it is known internationally as the country's wine region with a difference, and has earned a reputation for producing innovative wines.

Assistant winemaker Hanneke Kruger tends to co-fermenting blends on the AA Badenhorst Family Wines estate of Kalmoesfontein near Malmesbury in South Africa's Swartland wine region of the Western Cape.

Renowned South African winemaker Eben Sadie (top right) poses with visitors to the Swartland Street Party regional wine festival in Riebeek-Kasteel in South Africa's Western Cape.

Internationally-acclaimed South African/American winemaker Andrea Mullineux punching down the cap on her fermenting Syrah wine, at her and her husband's namesake winery Mullineux Family Wines, at Roundstone Farm near Riebeek-Kasteel in the Swartland wine region of the Western Cape.

Renowned South African winemaker Adie Badenhorst inspects his 1962-planted Old Vines Chenin Blanc Kelder (cellar) vineyard on his AA Badenhorst Family Wines estate of Kalmoesfontein near Malmesbury in South Africa's Swartland wine region of the Western Cape.

Independent South African winemaker Jocelyn Hogan checks on her Chenin Blanc Old Vines in the Joubertskloof Valley near Malmesbury in South Africa's Swartland wine region of the Western Cape.

The 1952-planted Old Vines Grenache Reigras vineyard on the AA Badenhorst Family Wines estate of Kalmoesfontein near Malmesbury in South Africa's Swartland wine region of the Western Cape.

Independent South African winemakers David and Nadia Sadie with the 1981-planted Chenin Blanc Old Vines that provide grapes for the award-winning wines of their namesake winery on Paardebosch farm near Malmesbury in South Africa's Swartland district of the Western Cape wine region.

Pinotage vines share the landscape with a neighboring wheat field on the Orangerie wine estate near Malmesbury in South Africa's Swartland wine region of the Western Cape. The Kasteelberg mountain is seen in the distance.

Assistant winemaker Hanneke Kruger inspects the 1964-planted Old Vines Chenin Blanc Golden Slopes vineyard on the AA Badenhorst Family Wines estate of Kalmoesfontein near Malmesbury in South Africa's Swartland wine region of the Western Cape. The Kasteelberg mountain is seen in the distance.

South African winery Huis van Chevallerie's Filia Chenin Blanc Brut Kaap Klassiek bottle-fermented sparkling wine, crafted in the méthode tradionelle, is served during the Swartland Street Party regional wine festival in Riebeek-Kasteel in the Western Cape.

Independent South African winemaker Jasper Wickens serves his Swerwer wines at the Swartland Street Party regional wine festival in Riebeek-Kasteel in the Western Cape.

Internationally-acclaimed South African/American winemaker Andrea Mullineux (L) of Mullineux Family Wines, a founding member of the Swartland Revolution, serves her wines at the Swartland Street Party regional wine festival in Riebeek-Kasteel in the Western Cape.

African farm workers harvest Syrah grapes at Waterval Farm, where South African winemaker Jasper Wickens established his Swerwer Winery in 2012, near Malmesbury in the Swartland wine-producing district in the Coastal Region of the Western Cape.

African farm workers harvest Syrah grapes at Waterval Farm, where South African winemaker Jasper Wickens established his Swerwer Winery in 2012, near Malmesbury in the Swartland wine-producing district in the Coastal Region of the Western Cape.

Independent South African winemaker Christa von La Chevallerie inspects her 46-year-old Pinotage Old Vines, which provide grapes her Huis Van Chevallerie winery, near Riebeek-Kasteel in South Africa's Swartland district of the Western Cape wine region.

Internationally-acclaimed South African/American winemaker Andrea Mullineux checks on the shade-drying Chenin Blanc grapes she uses to produce her award-winning Straw Wine, at her and her husband's namesake winery Mullineux Family Wines, at Roundstone Farm near Riebeek-Kasteel in the Swartland wine region of the Western Cape.

Empty wine bottles, a collection of CD's and records, and a sound system fill the shelves in the Swerwer Winery cellar, which was established in 2012 by South African winemaker Jasper Wickens, near Malmesbury in the Swartland wine-producing district in the Coastal Region of the Western Cape.

South African winemaker John Seccombe (C) helps brings in the Semillon grape harvest on Waterval farm's Swerwer Winery cellar, near Malmesbury in the Swartland wine-producing district in the Coastal Region of the Western Cape.

Independent South African winemaker Jasper Wickens tends to his fermenting wines in the cellar at his Swerwer Winery during the harvest season on Waterval Farm, near Malmesbury in the Swartland wine-producing district of the Western Cape.

An aerial view of bush vines on the AA Badenhorst Family Wines estate of Kalmoesfontein near Malmesbury in South Africa's Swartland wine region of the Western Cape.

Winemaker David Sadie, of David and Nadia Sadie Wines, shows visitors his Skaliekop 2018 vintage single vineyard Chenin Blanc at his and his wife Nadie's namesake winery on the Paardebosch farm estate in the Swartland wine-growing area of the Western Cape.

Independent South African winemaker Christa von La Chevallerie inspects her 46-year-old Pinotage Old Vines, which provide grapes her Huis Van Chevallerie winery, with farmer Nikki Serdyn near Riebeek-Kasteel in South Africa's Swartland district of the Western Cape wine region.

An aerial view of the sustainably-farmed vineyards at the Mullineux Family Wines' Roundstone farm on the slopes of the Kasteelberg mountains near Riebeek-Kasteel in the Swartland wine region of the Western Cape.

Viticulturalist Nadia Sadie (L) with her husband David at their namesake David and Nadia Sadie winery at Paardebosch farm estate in the Swartland wine-growing area of the Western Cape.

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