The historic 1808 Groote Post homestead, 60-some kilometres north of Cape Town, was bought by Pentz family in 1972 and has been expanded to a 2800-hectare holding today and is run by Peter and Nick, representing third and fourth generations of the family. The Pentz family was a dynasty of leaders of Cape’s dairy business; until the turn of this century, Groote Post was a dairy farm with a grapegrowing business on the side. But soon after their inaugural Sauvignon Blanc effort – from a very tough 1999 vintage – ended up among the top four regional wines in a respected trade publication, things took a sharp turn: as recently as 2001, the family was no longer in the dairy business shifting their entire attention to making top-quality wines sourced today from 120 hectares of vineyards. The rest, as they say, is history; in cases like that, they also say, it’s our gain.
Article from Opimian Celler 311 – South Africa and Tuscany