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Coetzenburg is an historic wine estate and one of the oldest estates in South Africa, established in 1682.It is located at the foot of the Stellenbosch Mountain, which forms part of the estate, in the town of Stellenbosch, 31 miles (50 km) east of Cape Town, in the Cape Winelands of the Western Cape Province.
Mooiplaas Wine Estate & Private Nature Reserve is a winery, vineyard and nature reserve situated in the Stellenbosch wine district of the Western Cape in South Africa. [1] The Stellenbosch estate dates back to 1806 when the first owner, Petrus Jacobus Bosman acquired the farm. It was bought in 1963 by Nicolaas and Mercia Roos.
The flagship wine is now called The Owl Post, and it is made exclusively from pinotage. It earned four stars in the 2012 edition of Platter’s South African Wines. Another wine in the Short Story Collection is also named after a local animal, as it is called The Caracal. It earned 4 ½ stars in the Platter’s guide in 2012. It is a Bordeaux ...
The winery is noted particularly for its complex white wines. When Anglo American took ownership of Rhodes Fruit Farms and Boschendal in 1969 one of the key projects was the re-establishment of a range of wines under the Boschendal brand. In 1978, Achim van Arnim took charge as Cellarmaster, vowing to restore pre-eminence for the Estate's produce.
The Stellenbosch Wine Route established in 1971 by Frans Malan from Simonsig, Spatz Sperling from Delheim, Neil Joubert from Spier and David van Velden from Overgaauw, known as Stellenbosch American Express® Wine Routes since 2002, is a world-renowned and popular tourist destination. This route provides visitors the opportunity to experience a ...
Restaurant Location 2007 Overture Hidden Valley Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa [18] 2016 Spek & Bone Stellenbosch, South Africa [19] 2017 The Deck at Hidden Valley Hidden Valley Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa [20] 2017 Die Vrije Burger Stellenbosch, South Africa [21] 2018 Eike Stellenbosch, South Africa [22]
The winery is named after the German artist Christoph Dornier; he was the youngest son of aircraft designer Claude Dornier. [1] In 1995 Dornier started the estate by purchasing their first of five farms and the winery has since grown to more than 800 hectares. The land itself has a wine-growing history that dates to the mid 1960s. [2]
Pickstone advised him to buy old wine farms in the Groot Drakenstein, Wellington and Stellenbosch areas. In March 1897 Rhodes secured the first of more than 20 farms, including Boschendal and Rhone. Twelve young managers from South Africa, Britain and America [ 10 ] were appointed; many of them had been trained in California.