Simon van der Stel

The arrival of the Dutch doctor Jan van Riebeeck (1619-1677) in the Cape in 1652 and his first planting of vines in 1655 marked the beginning of viticulture in South Africa. The first governor of the Cape Colony from 1679 was Simon van der Stel (1639-1712), who is also regarded as a wine-growing pioneer. He was the son of Adriaan van der Stel, an official of the Dutch East India Company.

During the reign of Simon van der Stel, French Huguenots with experience in viticulture arrived in the country from 1688 onwards, bringing with them their viticultural expertise from Bordeaux, Burgundy and Provence. They colonised the present-day wine-growing districts of Paarl and Stellenbosch. Stel used the name Stellenbosch (roughly "Stel's bush") to refer to a small island in the Eeste River. It was here that he founded the town named after him on the banks of the river in 1679 and the "Delaire" wine estate (now known as the "Delaire Graff Estate") in the same year.

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