Annandale Road
Stellenbosch
Cape Winelands
Western Cape
7600 Contact Number
021 881 3560
Contact Number
082 895 8960
Fax Number
021 881 3562
Email [email protected]Website http://www.annandale.co.za/
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The history of Annandale Wine Estate traces back to the founding of South Africa. Annandale is the oldest farm in the Helderberg Valley. In November 1679, less than one month of arriving at the Cape, Governor Simon van der Stel left Cape Town on horseback to explore the Dutch East India Company’s outpost near the Hottentots Holland Mountains and, amazed by the beauty of his surroundings, founded the eponymously named town of Stellenbosch, South Africa’s second oldest town.
Annandale was first settled three years later, although it would be another six years before Governor van der Stel granted title to Jan Wismaar, Annandale’s first land owner. Reflective of such heritage, a manor house built in the middle of the 1700’s and a cellar which predates 1700 survives to this day onAnnandale Wine Estate.
At the height of its production in the early 20th century,Annandale supported over 500,000 vines on about 100 hectares of land. After the Second World War, part of the Annandale property became a shelter for abandoned and abused horses and home to a riding school before being returned to its roots with its purchase by Hempies du Toit in 1996.
A river gently meanders through Annandale Wine Estate flanked by trees planted in the late 1600s in the era of Cape Governor Simon van der Stel who mandated that any tree cut for homestead purposes needed to be replanted.
Nestled in a valley below the Helderberg and Stellenbosch Mountains in the heart of the ‘Golden Triangle’ of South Africa’s premier wine country, Annandale enjoys panoramic vistas that span to Table Mountain and Lions’ Peak in Cape Town and beyond to False Bay and the soothing swells of the Atlantic Ocean.
The history of Annandale Wine Estate traces back to the founding of South Africa. Annandale is the oldest farm in the Helderberg Valley. In November 1679, less than one month of arriving at the Cape, Governor Simon van der Stel left Cape Town on horseback to explore the Dutch East India Company’s outpost near the Hottentots Holland Mountains and, amazed by the beauty of his surroundings, founded the eponymously named town of Stellenbosch, South Africa’s second oldest town.
Annandale was first settled three years later, although it would be another six years before Governor van der Stel granted title to Jan Wismaar, Annandale’s first land owner. Reflective of such heritage, a manor house built in the middle of the 1700’s and a cellar which predates 1700 survives to this day onAnnandale Wine Estate.
At the height of its production in the early 20th century,Annandale supported over 500,000 vines on about 100 hectares of land. After the Second World War, part of the Annandale property became a shelter for abandoned and abused horses and home to a riding school before being returned to its roots with its purchase by Hempies du Toit in 1996.
A river gently meanders through Annandale Wine Estate flanked by trees planted in the late 1600s in the era of Cape Governor Simon van der Stel who mandated that any tree cut for homestead purposes needed to be replanted.
Nestled in a valley below the Helderberg and Stellenbosch Mountains in the heart of the ‘Golden Triangle’ of South Africa’s premier wine country, Annandale enjoys panoramic vistas that span to Table Mountain and Lions’ Peak in Cape Town and beyond to False Bay and the soothing swells of the Atlantic Ocean.
