History
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 settl...