The prime grape growing areas of South Africa
spread out from Cape Town, and include the Paarl (‘pearl’ in
Afrikaans), which to the east encompasses Franschhoek (‘French
corner’) home of the first French Huguenot settlers.
Boekenhoutskloof, its homestead dating from 1784, is located in the
Franschhoek Valley. The owners of Boekenhoutskloof have revamped an
ancient cellar, and have installed state-of-the-art equipment as
well as a quality maturation cellar. The use of chairs on the label,
some of which are made from boekenhout, the Afrikaans name for the
indigenous Cape beech, are a tribute to the skills of the Cape
craftsmen of yesteryear.
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