South Africa's Single-Vineyard Wines: A Liquid Atlas

South Africa’s wind-ravaged, mountainous Western Cape – at the jagged edge of a great continent – is a place that has been haunted by the icy, tempestuous Atlantic since time immemorial. Its wines, sprung from geology and the eternal onslaught of weather, are inimitable. Originally named the Cape of Storms by Portuguese explorers in the 1480s, this exposed strip of land juts out into the ocean but has long made its peace with the extreme conditions.