Perdeberg Winery

WE’VE ALWAYS DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY

In the early 1940s, wine farmers in the Perdeberg region grew dissatisfied with the low prices they were getting for their premium quality grapes. Then an astute farmer named Jan Rossouw suggested they begin producing their own wine and Perdeberg Winery was born! We pressed our first grapes manually in 1942 and while we have come a long way in terms of technology, we are still renowned for our hands-on a...

Located in fertile Agter Paarl area, between Malmesbury and Durbanville, the Perdeberg district is blessed with many attributes that make producing wonderful and varied wine a pleasure. Nature’s greatest gift to us is our five different microclimates. The weather varies from vineyard to vineyard as does soil, drainage and altitude. This makes it possible for Perdeberg Wines to produce a multitude of wines with distinct qualities, all within th...

The Perdeberg wine estate has a long tradition of excellence in wine making and most of our 46 member farms are third generation producers, but this doesn’t mean we’re mired in tradition! We are constantly on a quest to find better and more innovative ways of doing things, without ever compromising our deep respect for the land or losing our personal touch. Even though our vines span 3000 hectares, each and every vineyard is still managed indi...

In addition to protecting South Africa’s most threatened tortoise species, we are proud to announce that Perdeberg Winery has been awarded membership of the Biodiversity and Wine Initiative. Most of the Cape lowlands have been given over to agriculture and we believe that farmers have a vital role to play in turning this around. Many of our member farms still contain significant areas of rare and endangered indigenous vegetation and our farmer...