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Laborie Estate

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South African winery in the Paarl District owned by the Group; see there.

The "Kooperatiewe Wijnbowers Vereniging van Zuid Afrika" was founded in 1918 as the central winegrowers' cooperative in South Africa, 95% of the winegrowers joined. The reason for the foundation was a major crisis in South African viticulture, which was characterised by surplus production and the bankruptcies of many winegrowers. For a long time, the famous professor Abraham Isak Perold (1880-1941) worked for the KWV as a viticulture expert. Until 1992, participation was only possible for white members. Production restrictions and annual minimum prices for fortified wines were set.

In 1940, the government gave the KWV overall control of the wine...

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