Welgegund, like any fine wine, has been some time in the making. Situated at the foot of the Limietberg on the road aptly referred to as ‘horseshoe’, this 50h farm has an historic pedigree. Established in 1837, Welgegund was once owned by Cecil John Rhodes who in his later life, bought twenty seven of the best farms in the Boland. On his death the farm was incorporated as part of Rhodes Fruit Farms. The Manor House is featured in the book The Old Buildings of the Cape and is on the register of Provincial heritage sites. During Rhodes’ lifetime, apricots were the main harvest and tobacco has also grown here.

It is, however, as a wine farm that Welgegund has truly come into its own. Award-winning wines have been produced over the past ten years since the first vintage was bottled in 1997.