Posts Tagged ‘Robertson’
De Wetshof Estate
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Developments on the Estate include soil mapping to identify the correct terroir for the varietals planted in De Wetshof’s vineyards which vary from the alluvial soils near the Breede River, which runs through the estate, to lime-rich slopes of the surrounding hills and mountains. Danie works with international viticulturist, American Dr Phil Freese and local expert Francois Viljoen, who is well versed in local conditions in the meticulous planning of the new plantings.
Social responsibility for their workforce has resulted in computers being used in the Estate’s crèche, pre- and after-school care centre. The crèche was started in the late 1980s and the care centre
Van Loveren Private Cellar
Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Van Loveren – a history of trees, four cousins and good wine.
It says something special about a person who plants trees, which their children and grandchildren will enjoy. And so it is with Jean Retief, late matriarch of the Retiefs of van Loveren Estate in the Robertson Valley.
Van Loveren has been in the Retief family since 1937 when Hennie Retief’s father bought him a part of a farm known as Goudmyn (Gold Mine), reputedly after the large sum of money paid for it! The part farmed by Hennie was known as Goudmyn F. In 1939 Hennie married Jean van Zyl. Christina
