Kanonkop is a 4th generation family-owned wine estate, renowned for its red wines, with
Pinotage making up 50% of all plantings. Their Pinotage vines were some of the first
commercially planted Pinotage to be established in the Cape and most are over 50 years
old. 

Optimum ripeness plays a major role in producing good red wine and on the estate a
careful check is done to ensure that the grapes are picked at perfection.
Winemaking at Kanonkop follows the age-old tradition of being made in open concrete
fermenters, but with a slight difference, the tanks are wide and shallow, rather high and
deep. All cellaring, bottling and labelling is done on Kanonkop.