WineFairy
WineFairy
5
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Monday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Tuesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Wednesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Thursday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Friday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Saturday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Sunday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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About
Welcome to WineFairy. Your perfect companion to South African wines and the winelands. As you will discover the Wine Fairy has many services to offer you. Take a tour through the majestic winelands of the cape and soak up the scenery whilst enjoying the fruits of the vines. Or should you wish to linger longer, take advantage of an extended tour with the Wine Fairy and together we will uncover the magic of South Africa. If you want to learn about South African wines then the WineFairy will teach you through tutored tastings and touring all the while having the time of your life.
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Carole P
Cherry Hill, NJ22 contributions
Mar 2024 • Family
There were nine people in our group ranging from 13 years old to 65+. Katie is absolutely the best tour guide we could’ve had. She was filled with stories of Cape Town, informed us on all of the history, and brought an air of joy to all three days we were with her, Katie brought us to the table Mountain, to see the penguins, toured the city of Cape Town, and our last day was filled with visit to three lovely vineyards. Katie’s knowledge of wine is unsurpassed. I am by no means a wine, connoisseur, but now I know how to enjoy wine. I will never look at a bottle of wine or taste a glass of wine in the same way. Katie’s laugh was infectious and endearing. I highly recommend Katie as a tour guide. In my years of travel, I have never experienced such joy as Katie exhibited. Thank you Katie for a wonderful three days.
Written 26 March 2024
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Dexter F.
Denver, CO120 contributions
Nov 2019 • Friends
What’s better than one tour with the WineFairy? Several! That’s right, we’ve been blessed to be able to book multiple times with THE WineFairy and will continue to do so.
We fell in love with Katie years ago during our first visit to South Africa. She was highly recommended by a friend in the travel industry because she could not only cater to the wine lovers in our group but also our non-wine drinking travelers. By the way, those non-wine drinkers are now wine lovers thanks to Katie.
There are many reasons Katie stands out amongst everyone and every experience you’ll have in South Africa but one of the biggest is just how comfortable she makes her guests feel. If you’ve been to vineyards in other parts of the world, you know just how stuffy and snobbish the people can be some times. An experience with Katie is not that! She has this amazing ability to meet people where they’re at in terms of wine knowledge, or lack thereof, and genuinely cares that you have a customized and wonderful journey. She is well known in the region so you can be assured that you will always be well received and taken care of at each vineyard as well.
Katie’s kindness and generosity extends well beyond any experience you’ve booked with her. She always makes herself available if you need restaurant and travel recommendations during your visit or even well beyond your stay when you’re home and need a recommendation for wine.
Don’t wait to book your time with Katie and don’t be surprised when you walk away with a new forever friend!
We fell in love with Katie years ago during our first visit to South Africa. She was highly recommended by a friend in the travel industry because she could not only cater to the wine lovers in our group but also our non-wine drinking travelers. By the way, those non-wine drinkers are now wine lovers thanks to Katie.
There are many reasons Katie stands out amongst everyone and every experience you’ll have in South Africa but one of the biggest is just how comfortable she makes her guests feel. If you’ve been to vineyards in other parts of the world, you know just how stuffy and snobbish the people can be some times. An experience with Katie is not that! She has this amazing ability to meet people where they’re at in terms of wine knowledge, or lack thereof, and genuinely cares that you have a customized and wonderful journey. She is well known in the region so you can be assured that you will always be well received and taken care of at each vineyard as well.
Katie’s kindness and generosity extends well beyond any experience you’ve booked with her. She always makes herself available if you need restaurant and travel recommendations during your visit or even well beyond your stay when you’re home and need a recommendation for wine.
Don’t wait to book your time with Katie and don’t be surprised when you walk away with a new forever friend!
Written 22 June 2020
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Lash
United Kingdom4 contributions
Aug 2019
We had planned a day touring the wineries when visiting SA for our honeymoon in 2015 and to this day we still talk about how fantastic our time was with the Wine Fairy. It is by far the best experience of wine tasting we have ever had (and we have been on a few!) Kate, AKA The Wine Fairy is so knowledgeable and experienced in her field, she gave us some pointers on how to taste wine properly, how to pick out the bouquets within the glass, all without any snobbery that you can find with some other wine fanatics. She genuinely cared that we had a great day, and a great experience, which believe me did, lots of laughs and fun as well as learning and appreciating the wines we were tasting.
Every vineyard we went to the team welcomed her, showing that she is well thought of within the business and that you will be taken care of. I would totally recommend her to anyone who is looking to carry out a tour in the Western Cape.
She is one in a million, a true legend, a day that will never be forgotten. One day we will be back to SA, but in the meantime, if you are ever in the UK, you know where to find me!
Every vineyard we went to the team welcomed her, showing that she is well thought of within the business and that you will be taken care of. I would totally recommend her to anyone who is looking to carry out a tour in the Western Cape.
She is one in a million, a true legend, a day that will never be forgotten. One day we will be back to SA, but in the meantime, if you are ever in the UK, you know where to find me!
Written 6 July 2020
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ABarnard0034
London, UK4 contributions
Nov 2019
I have toured the Western Cape wine lands as often as possible for over a decade now; without fail, since our first outing in 2009, I have always toured with the lovely, fun, knowledgable and extremely well-connected 'Wine Fairy' Katie. Over the years I have directed friends, relatives and many, many colleagues in her direction; I have never heard anything but 100% love, adoration and satisfaction with a day out, or in some cases, a week out. And that can't just be the wine speaking, it's far too consistent! I will be back in Jan - assuming borders open - and booking Katie in is top of the Cape Town list. With day trips a breeze from CT, world class vineyards and restaurants around every corner, I really can't recommend highly enough; a trip with the Wine Fairy is up there with my favourite things to do anywhere in the world. Love you Katie, can't wait to get back! x
Written 30 June 2020
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JMSanJose
San Jose, CA409 contributions
Mar 2020 • Couples
We consider ourselves “wine tourists” as we have gone to many locations around the US and world sampling wine and buying it for our cellar. When we decided to go to South Africa for safari, we had to add a few days in the Stellenbosch and Franschhoek area. We’ve had great success in other countries hiring someone to take us around, so we starting researching options. My other half found the wine fairy online and we booked her well in advance. Prior to our visit, she asked us for a bit of information about our tastes and preferences, so we sent her some fairly detailed information. The day of our tour, she picked us up in a lovely vehicle, and whisked us away to 4 different wine farms and a stop for lunch. We were very pleased with our experience. Kate was very personable, knowledgeable and just a joy to spend the day. She knows everyone at the wineries and seems well respected. We learned a lot from her about SA wines and the history of the area, along with some new wine tasting tips! Highly recommend booking the Wine Fairy for the day!
Written 2 April 2020
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Brian W
5 contributions
Jul 2019
To this day, still the best wine experience I've ever been on!
Katie met us at our cottage in Franschhoek in her VW Van and took us to three wineries. She has an incredible knowledge related to wine and deep connections in the wine community in the Western Cape. We learned a ton about wine that I had never learned during other tours or winery visits, but more importantly, it didn't feel like a class. Lots of laughs, fun, and most importantly, lots of wine!
We had a blast on a full day tour with her, she introduced us to wine makers if she happened to see them when we were there. Introduced us to the region and the history. If/when we make it back to South Africa, she will be the first call I make!
Katie met us at our cottage in Franschhoek in her VW Van and took us to three wineries. She has an incredible knowledge related to wine and deep connections in the wine community in the Western Cape. We learned a ton about wine that I had never learned during other tours or winery visits, but more importantly, it didn't feel like a class. Lots of laughs, fun, and most importantly, lots of wine!
We had a blast on a full day tour with her, she introduced us to wine makers if she happened to see them when we were there. Introduced us to the region and the history. If/when we make it back to South Africa, she will be the first call I make!
Written 22 June 2020
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Scott
28 contributions
Jul 2019 • Friends
I did the Wine Fairy tour with a group of friends and we all agreed it was the best wine tour we had ever done. Her laid back yet passionate and knowledgeable approach had us actually absorbing information rather than feeling lectured to and we had a lot of laughs along the way as well. Thanks Katie for an unforgettable day!
Written 22 June 2020
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Dalkey, Ireland88 contributions
Jan 2020 • Couples
We had a wonderful day with Katie She is a great host travel companion and wine expert. She made our day special, tailored the trip to suit our wine preferences, and was just great fun to be with. She is an international standard wine expert and a great travel guide. Highly recommended.
Written 22 February 2020
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CanadagalsVancouver
Vancouver, Canada99 contributions
Feb 2020
Our Tour Organizer's Rhino, recommended that we do a day of wine touring with The WineFairy, Katy. We are so glad that they did. It was an amazing day and we thoroughly enjoyed learning about the wine region, visiting some wonderful wineries and tasting a great variety of wines from the region. My partner and I have done a lot of wine tastings and tours over the years all around the world, but, we were impressed with Katy's knowledge and her easy going nature to help us even better understand the various components of each wine. Even though she is a professional wine taster and qualified judge, she is not intimidating and makes finding your favorite wines fun. It's quite clear that she is well respected by the wineries and it is nice to receive the special treatment when we visited the various wine rooms. You will not be dissapointed. We highly recommend hiring Katy to take you around. Wine in fantastic too!!
Written 17 March 2020
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Nicholas M
Philadelphia, PA69 contributions
Nov 2019
My wife and I toured the South African wine country with Katie and had a blast! Shes charming, horrendously funny and totally knowledgeable about wines and ways to assess them. We learned many things from Katie, shared great wine tastings at numerous winery's and our lunch together at Delaire Graff was exceptional. She wasn't pressuring us to make any purchases, but certainly exposed us to SA wines that are unavailable in the States - couldn't resist buying some - LOL!
Can't wait to go back and spend another day or two with Katie
Can't wait to go back and spend another day or two with Katie
Written 18 November 2019
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