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The Sir Herbert Baker designed homestead was built
about a hundred years ago.
 Like much of the Devon Valley, the
estate was originally planted with table fruit.
The first vines were planted in 1985, under the
supervision of Jan Boland Coetzee. Hans Froehling and
Leon Stemmet bought the property in 1988.
The first vintage was 1989. The first winemaker was
Neil Ellis. He was succeeded by Marinus Bredell in the
mid-1990s. Since 1997 the winemaker has been Simon
Smith.
Mike Johnston, a Scottish property developer and
owner of the Carnoustie Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa,
Hendrik Kotze, a leading Cape Town Lawyer, Jonathan
Pedley, a UK based Master of Wine and leading wine and
food fundi in Europe and Martin Delaney, a top UK based
property specialist are the new owners of
Louisvale. | 
