Fairview

Fairview

The cultivation of virgin vineyard land on Fairview in recent years has led to the unearthing of prehistoric stone tools that provide proof of the presence of hominids at the foot of the Paarl Mountain some 700 000 years ago. Centuries later, probably towards the end of the first millennium AD, these hills became home to the Khoi – nomadic pastoralists from the north. These peaceful people remained until the arrival of the first European settlers at the Cape of Good Hope in the mid 1600s.

The official demarcation of Fairview as a formal farm followed in 1693. A tract of land on the southwestern slopes of Paarl Mountain was granted to Steven Verwey (thought to have been one of the French Huguenots who fled Protestant persecution in Europe in 1688) by the Governor of the Cape at the time – Simon van der Stel, a Dutch East India Company official instrumental in developing several of the Cape’s first and still finest wine ‘estates’.

Just six years later, in 1699, the first wine was made on the farm. Official tax records of the time reflect a farm ‘inventory’ listing a few barrels of wine among items ranging from bags of wheat to rifles and slaves. The farm had previously been known as Bloemkoolfontein (‘Cauliflower Fountain’). Current Owner/Vintner Charles Back jests that he is pleased that someone had the foresight to change the name. The farm’s history until about 100 years ago is chequered, as it was part of no less than eight insolvent estates. Quips the incorrigible Charles again: ‘I’m doing my best to break the habit!’

The farm’s star started rising from 1937 when Back’s grandfather, Charles Back I, bought the property from the Hugo family for the sum of £6 500.

Location

-33.771745, 18.924235

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Megan Campbell
14 Oct 2016, 03:59:43
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5 - Excellent
Best cheese! Love that you can help yourself and take your time with tastings!
 
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Chrizelde Kidwell
27 Dec 2016, 20:39:59
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5 - Excellent
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Hantus Mostert
16 Feb 2017, 23:32:54
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5 - Excellent
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Retha Botha
Retha Botha
17 Mar 2017, 15:45:02
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4 - Good
 
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Lita Hartman
16 Apr 2017, 16:23:47
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Moragh Puttick
19 Apr 2017, 10:38:42
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Jacques Terblanche
22 Apr 2017, 11:03:45
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4 - Good
 
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Anasta Schutte
16 May 2017, 14:39:33
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4 - Good
 
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Kelly Campbell
20 May 2017, 13:43:33
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5 - Excellent
Amazing tasting and elegant wine!
 
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Marizanne Crys…
27 May 2017, 14:22:09
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Ryno Colyn
09 Aug 2017, 10:15:33
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09 Aug 2017, 11:19:32
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09 Aug 2017, 13:48:30
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Carla Blom
09 Aug 2017, 14:24:26
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5 - Excellent
 
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Brian Meintjes
20 Aug 2017, 14:50:59
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4 - Good
 
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Charlotte Rubidge
Charlotte Rubidge
06 Sep 2017, 10:27:58
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Melody Mentz
09 Sep 2017, 10:00:53
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5 - Excellent
Did the La Capra 8km run and now some vino.... will be back next year
 
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Lolla Rimmer
13 Sep 2017, 23:56:32
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5 - Excellent
One of the most popular wine farms and its no mystery why. Plenty of wines to taste and buy as well as a lovely shop where you can buy anything from preserves to amaaaazing cheeses. They also have a restaurant for those who prefer a decent sitdown meal - called The Goat Shed. Absolutely love Fairview cheeses in all their goaty-glory. Quite a busy farm but the staff that run the tastings know their stuff and are on the ball (often hosting two or more different tastings / pairings with different groups simultaneously, all off by heart) It's a little bit more fast paced than some of the farms with sit down tastings / pairings I've been to, but definitely worth visiting and visiting again! They have also expanded their goat family outside and kids will be thrilled.
 
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Ilana Joubert …
05 Oct 2017, 11:13:07
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Chanell Brown
11 Nov 2017, 12:05:47
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5 - Excellent
 
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Warren Cupido
Warren Cupido
11 Nov 2017, 15:15:12
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4 - Good
 
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Mia Smit
24 Dec 2017, 13:16:14
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5 - Excellent
 
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Jaco Müller
Jaco Müller
28 Jan 2018, 12:44:34
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5 - Excellent
 
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Kimberly Muller
Kimberly Muller
28 Jan 2018, 12:47:31
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14 Feb 2018, 19:55:46
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5 - Excellent
 
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Sascha Bock
04 Mar 2018, 13:42:48
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4 - Good
 
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Carin Venter
05 Apr 2018, 14:48:52
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3 - Average
 
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Xander Jordaan
Xander Jordaan
15 May 2018, 16:23:44
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5 - Excellent
 
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Odette Hefer
Odette Hefer
19 Jun 2018, 11:19:06
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4 - Good
 
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Andre Liebenberg
Andre Liebenberg
08 Sep 2018, 16:02:12
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Darren Bruce-Brand
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26 Sep 2018, 09:58:05
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Yvette Coetzee
Yvette Coetzee
14 Jan 2019, 15:34:18
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Quintis Liebenberg
02 May 2019, 15:32:08
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5 - Excellent
 
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Marietjie Boshoff
Marietjie Boshoff
17 Aug 2019, 13:21:01
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5 - Excellent
 
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Gernatha Howes
18 Aug 2019, 16:27:45
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5 - Excellent
Awesome cheese and wine..
 
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Jacques Malherbe
18 Aug 2019, 16:35:17
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5 - Excellent
Awesome cheese and wine
 
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Alesia Niemand
Alesia Niemand
01 Dec 2019, 14:50:51
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5 - Excellent
 
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Schalk Burger
Schalk Burger
02 May 2021, 13:31:26
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5 - Excellent
Amazing wine tasting - Tammy was a great host.