TESSELAARSDAL WINES
Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge
Achievements and Awards
Nominated & Shortlisted
South African Premier Business Awards 2016
Hosted by Department of Trade and Industry
Winner
#YAFF Awards Agri-Processing
Youth in Agriculture hosted by Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries
Winner
Top Female Entrepreneur
Youth in Agriculture hosted by Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries
Winner
Special Minister’s Award
Youth in Agriculture hosted by Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries
The Estate
Tesselaarsdal was founded in 2015 by long-standing Hamilton Russell Vineyards employee Berene Sauls. It is named after the historic Overberg farming hamlet of Tesselaarsdal—not far from the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge wine appellation—where Berene was born, a descendant of the freed slaves who were bequeathed the land of the Tesselaarsdal valley by former Dutch East India Company soldier Johannes Tesselaar’s widow in 1832.
“In 1810, Johannes Tesselaar bequeathed his farmland to his servants and slaves. I named my wine Tesselaarsdal to honour that legacy.”
— Berene Sauls, Owner
Tesselaarsdal Wines owner Berene Sauls (left) in conversation with Hamilton Russell Vineyards winemaker, Emul Ross, and Daléne Fourie of Port2Port.
Images © Port2Port, © RJ Sauls
