Olifantsberg
The Olifantsberg family vineyards and winery is are located on the rocky slopes of Olifantsberg mountain, overlooking the Breedekloof valley. It was acquired by Dutch couple Paul and Corine Leeuwerik
The Olifantsberg family vineyards and winery is are located on the rocky slopes of Olifantsberg mountain, overlooking the Breedekloof valley. It was acquired by Dutch couple Paul and Corine Leeuwerik
Vondeling traces its origin back to 1704 when this piece of land was first granted to Oloff Bergh, a Swedish immigrant. Vondeling Estate is in the Voor-Paardeberg; a Western Cape
A brand by Cape Point Vineyards. The passionate team of young Capetownians producing super easy drinking cool climate wines in Cape Town. Wine of Origin Cape Town ‘appellation’ – incorporating
De Trafford Winery is situated on the beautiful Mont Fleur farm set at the top of a dramatic valley above Stellenbosch, 380m up between the Stellenbosch and Helderberg mountains, right
A beautiful pioneering wine estate in the middle of nowhere. Sijnn (pronounced: Seine) is the original Khoisan name for the Breede River. This exciting new vineyard was established in 2004
Founded by Paul Boutinot in 2004, Waterkloof is a family-owned farm using organic practices. The farm is perched high up on the windswept Schapenberg, overlooking False Bay and The Atlantic
Fortified wine is a wine to which a distilled
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Alcoholic beverages were made by indigenous peoples of the Americas before the Age of Discovery. Indigenous peoples are known to have used maize, potatoes, quinua, pepper tree fruits and strawberries to make alcoholic beverages. Despite the existence of species of the vitis genus (to which Vitis vinifera belongs) in Venezuela, Colombia, Central America and Mexico indigenous peoples did not ferment these species and therefore did not make wine.