Nieufontein lies on the R302, ten kilometres outside Malmesbury: fifty-three hectares under vine, two hundred and seventy-four hectares of wheat and canola turning over with the seasons, and an 1890s werf that has been standing long enough to look like it grew there. It is a real farm that also happens to make a very good set.
53
Hectares under vine
6
Varietals in the ground
274
Hectares wheat and canola
3
Hectares vegetables
Six varietals across 53.44 hectares - Colombar and Pinotage on bush vine going back to 1988, through to a young Cabernet Sauvignon block planted in 2019. Swartland soil, Swartland weather, and rows that have been farmed properly for a long time.
Two hundred and seventy-four hectares in a wheat and canola rotation, plus three hectares of vegetable patches. The farm changes colour completely between May and November - green, then gold, then that ridiculous canola yellow.
Malmesbury is ten kilometres down the R302 for fuel, food, hardware and a pharmacy; Cape Town is about an hour. Close enough to shoot a day out of the city, far enough that nothing you see has a suburb behind it.
Nieufontein has hosted film and stills crews for years - commercials, series, catalogue, drone work. The farm carries on around you, which is usually the point: the tractor in the background is a real tractor.
53.44 hectares across six varietals, from 1988 bush vine to a 2019 Cabernet block. The fruit is not tied up at the moment, so if you are a cellar looking for Swartland grapes, we would happily show you the blocks and talk.
| Varietal | Planted | Trellis | Hectares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombar | 1988 | Bush vine | 7.14 |
| Chardonnay | 1990 | Trellised | 4.29 |
| Pinotage | 1994 | Bush vine | 10.88 |
| Merlot | 1998 & 1999 | Two blocks | 15.12 |
| Chenin Blanc | 2004 | Trellised | 8.91 |
| Cabernet Sauvignon | 2019 | Trellised | 7.10 |
Wheat one season, canola the next, vines all year. The farm never looks the same twice.
Tarred on the R302, then gravel from the turn-off to the Nieufontein gate. About an hour from Cape Town, forty minutes from Paarl, twenty-five from the N7.
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