Our deepest sympathies for the family of Hugo de Villiers of Landskroon Wines

Wednesday, 19 August, 2015
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Hugo passed away yesterday morning, he was one of five family members who helped to run the farm.

The wine making tradition at Landskroon dates back to the 17th century when the French Huguenots settlers came to the Cape. Among the newcomers was Jacques de Villiers, a wine maker from Niort in France. In 1874 his great-grandson, Paul, bought a portion of the original Landskroon farm that had been granted to a free burger by governor Simon van der Stel in 1692.

As a tightly-knit family, we can only imagine the pain they are going through at this time.

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