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Vergelegen in Somerset West is one of the most beautiful estates in the Cape Town area. The estate was settled in 1700 by an early Governor of the Cape, Willem Adriaan van der Stel. In 1798 the estate was sold to the Theunissen family. In 1917 Vergelegen was purchased by the millionaire mine magnate Sir Lionel Phillips as a present for his wife Florence. She remodeled aspects of the house and planted the magnificent gardens.. Following the death of Lady Phillips the estate was purchased by the Barlow family, and Charles 'Punch' Barlow oversaw the reintroduction of limited planting of grapes. However, by the time Anglo-American bought the property from Barlow's son in 1987, no grapes were being cultivated. Anglo-American concentrated on the production of high-quality wines from Vergelegen. The first vintage under the company's stewardship was harvested in 1992. Within ten years the estate was recognised as producing some of South Africa's finest wines, with the cabernet sauvignon blend Vergelegen, single-vineyard cabernet sauvignon Vergelegen V and semillon/sauvignon blanc blend Vergelegen White regularly achieving a maximum five stars in John Platter's annual Guide to South African Wines. |
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