Blaauwklippen Named Stellenbosch's Top Wine Estate in Online Media
The TourismX Media Index™ has named Blaauwklippen Wine Estate the most visible online brand among Stellenbosch's wineries in its inaugural Stellenbosch Wine Estates Rankings.
During the monitoring period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026, Blaauwklippen recorded 110 online media mentions, the highest of any wine estate in the Stellenbosch region.
The TourismX Media Index™ rankings provide an independent measure of each estate's media visibility and reputation. They recognise wine estates that consistently attract quality editorial media coverage while providing the tourism and wine industries with a fair and reliable benchmark for comparing media performance.
The Index excludes social media mentions and, to ensure a fair reflection of positive reputation, includes only articles with neutral or favourable sentiment. All negatively classified articles are excluded across every entity, preventing brands with extensive but predominantly negative media coverage from topping the Index based solely on visibility.
Wine estates do not enter the rankings. Instead, they are independently assessed based on the volume and quality of their online editorial media coverage.
According to the Top 20 rankings, only one wine estate achieved Platinum status, while two attained Gold, two earned Silver and the remaining 15 secured Bronze recognition, highlighting the highly competitive nature of media visibility within South Africa's premier wine region.
TourismX Media Index™: Stellenbosch Wine Estates Rankings
Entities with the Most Mentions
Gold: Blaauwklippen Wine Estate (110 mentions)
Silver: Tokara Wine Estate (87 mentions)
Bronze: Delaire Graff Estate (84 mentions)
Entities with the Best Reputation Score (%)
Joint Gold: Simonsig Family Vineyards, Remhoogte Wine Estate, Warwick Wine Estate and Beyerskloof (70.00%)
Silver: Spier Wine Farm (68.93%)
Bronze: Tokara Wine Estate (68.62%)
Entities with the Highest Share of Voice (%)
Gold: Blaauwklippen Wine Estate (7.91%)
Silver: Tokara Wine Estate (6.26%)
Bronze: Delaire Graff Estate (6.04%)
Top 20 Rankings
Platinum Winner (More than 100 mentions)
Blaauwklippen Wine Estate (110)
Gold Winners (80–100 mentions)
Tokara Wine Estate (87)
Delaire Graff Estate (84)
Silver Winners (60–80 mentions)
Spier Wine Farm (75)
Hazendal Wine Estate (64)
Bronze Winners (Below 60 mentions)
Delheim Wine Estate (59)
Lanzerac Wine Estate (59)
Vergenoegd Löw Wine Estate (57)
Muratie Wine Estate (55)
Simonsig Family Vineyards (52)
Kleine Zalze (52)
Jordan Wine Estate (46)
Quoin Rock Wine Estate (32)
Remhoogte Wine Estate (28)
Hoopenburg Wine Estate (28)
Zevenwacht Wine Estate (24)
Le Pommier Wine Estate (24)
Warwick Wine Estate (23)
Beyerskloof (21)
Alto Wine Estate (21)
Close to 35 other Stellenbosch wine estates are highly recommended and are well positioned to challenge for honours in future editions of the rankings.
"Editorial media coverage remains one of the strongest indicators of destination and brand visibility. These rankings celebrate Stellenbosch wine estates that continue to capture the attention of journalists, travellers and wine enthusiasts through compelling stories, exceptional experiences and sustained media presence. Ranked wine estates may proudly display their official ranking certificates in recognition of their achievement and media standing," said Gerrit Davids, Lead Advisor at TaranisCo Advisory, the agency that compiled the rankings.
The full report is available from info@gerommedia.co.za
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For more information on the Awards, contact
Gerrit Davids
MD
Gerom Media
Mobile. +27 (0) 82 496 1657
E-mail: info@gerommedia.co.za
Bedfordview, South Africa