Wine ... the commonly understood term used to describe the final product of the process of fermenting the juice of fresh grapes.

Nowhere is this process better portrayed than in the Northern Cape, the largest of South Africa's provinces comprising an area of 361 000 sq km. It is here, in the least populated part of the country, where thousands of hectares of vineyards decorate the countryside in immediate proximity to the Orange River for hundreds of kilometres. The Northern Cape is also home to Orange River Wine Cellars which was established in 1963.

The sundrenched, undulating landscape, renowned for its cerulean skies and the mesmerising beauty of the red Kalahari sands, hides in its heart a living oasis of unrivalled beauty - the Orange River of Great Gariep as it was historically called.

The Great River, unbowed and untamed after hundreds of years of change, runs through endless horizons, painting its banks in a kaleidoscope of green colours.

The Orange River provides an artery of life to plant and beast, and to the tapestry of cultures interwoven in the history of this land. Tradition has it that the original Khoikhoi people, habitating the shores of the river, were told ancient stories by listening to the whispers from the streams of the Gariep. With the introduction of the River's Tale wines, the Great River is now telling new stories, intriguing tales about evocative wines from a land of contrasts...