Best Riojan Wineries Johannesburg Near Me

4worldlovers: Gerakaris Family Wines was founded in 2010 by Kath Gerakaris. Our boutique winery in the heart of Craighall Park, Johannesburg, produces wine from grapes sourced from farms in the Swartland and Elgin, Western Cape. Five wines are made by Kath, two Chenin blancs and three Syrahs.


We offer wine tastings of these 5 wines in our gardens, or inside the winery in case of rain. Wine tastings are R100 person. We also offer a cheese board designed to match the wines, show casing four South African cheese producers, bowls of olives from the Western Cape, and Wagyu beef droewörs from the Eastern Cape when available. Our garden is small and we like it this way because we can chat to everyone about what we do… however it does mean weekends get busy and you need to make a booking ahead of time.


Reservations – See the reservations page for details on how to book a wine tasting, pricing and snack details.


Quickly tiring of the corporate world in Auckland, New Zealand, Kath enrolled at the University of Lincoln and completed a year long Post Graduate Diploma in Viticulture and Oenology. With her freshly minted qualification in hand she left New Zealand and planned to globetrot once more and learn all there was to know about winemaking in all the great producing countries.