Du Toitskloof Wines

When the founders of Du Toitskloof Wines dreamt of their young, innovative winery - they knew that the journey was as important as the destination. Du Toitskloof Wines was established by six wine farmers as a co-operative in 1962. The six visionaries bought the 18ha of land from founder member, Visser de Wet and accepted its first grapes in February 1963.

In the early years Du Toitskloof Wines became well known as a bulk-wine producer, yet after the winery began concentrating on the bottled wine market in the early 1990s, they soon cultivated a reputation as a progressive brand from the onset, not only in the innovative winemaking disciplines introduced at the cellar, but in its commitment to social development as a Fairtrade producer.

The winery builds on three principles; believing in always delivering a product of utmost quality, consistently, without compromising ethically.

The name Fairtrade may not mean much to many people, but for the farmworkers of the 22 farms and 13 members, it means the world. Since 2005 when Du Toitskloof Wines became one of the first wineries in South Africa to participate in a social responsibility project under the auspices of Fairtrade, the Du Toitskloof Fairtrade Initiative has seen more than 3000 people directly benefitting from all the various projects annually.