Stellenbosch History
Wine
In 1659 the first wine was produced at the Cape. Van Riebeek wrote in his diary on 02 February: “Today, praise be to god, wine was made for the first time from Cape grapes.”
The town of Stellenbosch was established by Simon van der Stel in 1678 and in 1680 he planted some 100 000 vines [...]



































