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The Fairview farm is on the south western slopes of the Paarl mountain range, approximately 60 km from Cape Town. The farm comprises 320 hectares , of which 120 hectares are planted to vineyard. The farm ranges in altitude from 400 m above sea level on the slopes of the mountain to 180m on the valley floor.
Paarl's surrounding is shaped by a mountain range and numerous vineyards of the Cape Winelands. The Spice Route is located at the Seidelberg Wine Estate. It is a 40 minutes drive from Cape Town and 800 meters away from Fairview Wine and Cheese Estate. [7] Distances. Cape Town: 58 km; Stellenbosch: 25 km; Worcester: 61 km
Superspar in Johannesburg, South Africa. By 2024, the group had 13,900 stores in 48 countries. [51] 255 distribution centres [1] €41.2 billion total sales [1]
Paarl (/ ˈ p ɑːr l /; Afrikaans: [ˈpæːrəl]; [3] derived from parel, meaning "pearl" in Dutch [4]) is a town with 285,574 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Château Mouton Rothschild has its vineyards on the slopes leading down to the Gironde Estuary, in the Bordeaux region, mainly producing grapes of the Cabernet Sauvignon variety. Today, Château Mouton Rothschild has 222 acres (90 ha) of grape vines made up of Cabernet Sauvignon (81%), Merlot (15%), Cabernet Franc (3%) and Petit Verdot (1%).
During the 18th century, pastoral production was the dominant economic activity in the more arid north-western Cape (regions north of Paarl, south of Namaqualand and to the west of the Roggeveld) whilst mixed agriculture was dominant in the south-western Cape. During this period, the VOC exercised enormous control over the economy of the colony ...
Grand Cru (great growth) is the highest level in the vineyard classification of Burgundy.There are a total of 550 hectares (1,400 acres) of Grand Cru vineyards—approximately 2% of Burgundy's 28,000 hectares (69,000 acres) of vineyards (excluding Beaujolais)—of which 356 hectares (880 acres) produce red wine and 194 hectares (480 acres) produce white wine.
KWV was founded as a winemaking co-operative on 8 January 1918 by wine makers from the Western Cape in South Africa, with Dr. Charles Kohler as its chairperson. [3] The name “Koöperatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Suid-Afrika” is Dutch for "Co-operative Winemakers Union' of South Africa".