The Friesland wine farm is located in the Bottelary Hills outside of Stellenbosch and (given its elevated south-west facing slopes overlooking Table Bay in the distance) offers ideal growing conditions for top quality wines. The farm has been owned by the Steenkamp family since 1999 when brand owner De Bruyn’s dad Kosie purchased this beautiful 36 hectare piece of land which has since been planted with top quality Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Shiraz and Sauvignon Blanc, with some old bush vine Chenin Blanc (planted in 1981) rounding off the varietal selection. Friesland is of course also a province in the northern part of the Netherlands, and hence honours the Dutch heritage of the first Steenkamps settling in the Cape during the late 1600’s.
