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Hermanuspietersfontein Bloos
Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Hermanus Pieters was a man who taught Dutch to the children of farmers in the area and was at times paid in sheep which he grazed at a spring under Milkwood trees near the sea. In l855, long after his passing, the village Hermanuspietersfontein was founded in his honour.
In the early 1900’s, I am sure as an ink and long envelope saving measure the town’s postmaster shortened the village name to Hermanus.
As a tribute to Mr Pieters, the labels of all of the HPF Wines are written in Afrikaans.
The HPF Bloos is made up of the Bordeaux Five in this order Merlot 66%, Cabernet Sauvignon 14%, Cabernet franc 12%, Petit
