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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.
In 1969, Frank Robb persuaded Anglo-American, De Beers and Rand Selection Corporation Ltd to become majority shareholders in Rhodes Fruit Farms. The company decided to restore Boschendal and revive wine farming under the Boschendal brand name. The complex was restored by the architect, Gawie Fagan, and opened to the public in 1976.
A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, bottling lines, laboratories, and large expanses of tanks known as tank farms.
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 ...
General location of some South African wine regions. The wine regions of South Africa were defined under the "Wine of Origin" (Wyn van Oorsprong) act of 1973.Mirroring the French Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) system, all South African wines listing a "Wine of Origin" must be composed entirely of grapes from its region. [1]
The one peak facing Boschendal wine farm is named devils tooth for its big tooth look. British singer and songwriter Lily Allen shot the Air Balloon (song) at the foot of the mountain at an unused castle (perfect for movies, photography, in her case music videos).
Boschendal [10] Cape Blue whale Cultural Landscape [11] Super man Cave [12] Drimolen [13] Charlotte Maxeke Grave [14] Gladysvale [15] Gondolin, Broederstroom [16] Kaditshwene Cultural landscape [17] Kromdraai fossil site [18] Madiba House (inside Drakenstein Correctional Centre) [19] Makapans Valley and Limeworks at Makapansgat [20] Mapungubwe ...
The branch line was reinstated in 2012 [6] [7] by a private operator and now sees service as the Franschhoek Wine Tram, [8] [9] a tourism project utilizing newly constructed double-decker trams modeled after the Blackpool Corporation Tramway's Double Deck Balcony Tramcar of circa 1923 to transport tourists between wine estates in the area.