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Kanonkop Family

The Krige Family – December 2019

Kanonkop Family Tree

Kanonkop is a 4th generation family-owned wine estate, which has been handed down from generation to generation and is now in the hands of brothers Paul and Johann Krige.

 

The name Kanonkop is derived from a hillock (kop) on the Simonsberg mountain above the wine estate from where, during the 17th and 18th centuries, a cannon (kanon) was fired to announce the arrival of sailing ships entering Table Bay.

The roar of the cannon would be the signal to local farmers, who were waiting to make the 50-kilometer journey to the harbour, to load up their wagons with fresh fruit and vegetables to barter their produce.

The first wines bearing the Kanonkop label were produced in 1973.

To wine lovers familiar with the centuries old châteaux and domaines of Bordeaux and Burgundy respectively, the winemaking history of our estate may seem surprisingly young.

For 1973 was the year in which Kanonkop’s contention for a place in the annals of South African wine greatness began, just three years before the death of the man to whom the wine estate owes everything it has achieved and all the recognition it has attained: Paul Sauer.

KANONKOP

The Making of a Legend

Paul Sauer

Paul Sauer

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Jan “Boland” Coetzee

Jan “Boland” Coetzee

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Beyers Truter

Beyers Truter

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Abrie Beeslaar

Abrie Beeslaar

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The Brothers Krige

The Brothers Krige

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The people of Kanonkop

The People of Kanonkop

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