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Cederberg Wine
he San and Khoi peoples
inhabited the Cederberg area
from early times, leaving
behind a rich legacy of rock
art. It was only during the mid-
1800s that another tough
group of people set foot in the
Cederberg – the Nieuwoudt
family. The first Nieuwoudts
arrived in South Africa during
the early 1700s. Nearly 100
years later, their descendants
moved to the Cederberg. In
1893 the present family
moved to the farm
Dwarsrivier, which is also
known as Cederberg Private
Cellar and Sanddrif holiday
resort.
Six generations ago, no one
would have guessed that this
rugged, fynbos-covered area
on the edge of the Succulent
Karoo biome would one day
become the Cape winelands’
highest-altitude wine farm.
The farm itself is covered in
unspoilt fynbos – only 53 ha
are under vine. Today, this
award-winning winery is
owned by Ernst and David
Nieuwoudt – proudly fourth
and fifth generation, with
daughter Emma, the sixth
generation.
Many stories have been told
about ‘how it all started’.
Maybe the first Platter’s South
African Wine Guide (1980)
puts it best: ‘Oom Pollie has
confounded the experts by
producing prize-winning wines
on his farm high in the remote
Cederberg Mountains. He first
started making wine for the
farm workers with table
grapes that ripened too late to
be taken in by the nearest co-
operative. The venture was so
successful, he decided to try
his hand at making red wine,
and the first vintage in 1977,
though too small to be
certified, was acclaimed by
experts as being up to
Superior standards’.
The other story goes as
follows: There used to be no
vines on the farm. A friend,
who worked for the Deciduous
Fruit Board, noticed that
winter fruit was doing so well
on this fruit and tobacco farm
and recommended that the
family plant table grape vines.
This was done in 1965 and
these vines did so well that
the first wine vines were
planted in 1973 – the source
of the top-class Cabernet
Sauvignon of 1977/8. David’s
grandfather, Oom Pollie, and
his uncle, Oom Flippie,
managed the farm until 1997.
During 1997 David took over
the reins from Oom Flippie.
Oom Pollie passed on during
1988 and Oom Flippie in 2010. |
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