Louiesenhof was part of the Koopmanskloof Estate. The Koopmanskloof farm deed was given out in 1701 and the old Cape Dutch homestead was built in 1801. Koopmanskloof was bought by my great granddad in 1896 where he farmed with wheat, cattle and grapes. My father started farming in 1948 and increased the farm acreage to 640 hectares under vines, making it the biggest wine producing estate in South Africa.
In an inventory of around 1860 it appeared that Koopmanskloof also distilled brandy - making it one of the first Cape distilleries. In 1993 I bought part of the Estate from my dad.
We have recently been very fortunate in obtaining a beautiful, historic distilling kettle as a gift. This kettle was built in Germany in 1930. It is 131 liter versus the legal 680 liter minimum size and was imported from Stuttgart in 1933. We have been granted a special distilling licence proclaiming this kettle as a working museum piece and have also built our own brandy distilling museum at Louiesenhof.
We offer port tastings as well, we are open 7 days a week incl. public holidays.
Mon.-Fri 09h00-17h00
Sat.-Sun. 10h00- 17h00 (public holidays)