Wine estate
Kanonkop Estate
Kanonkop Estate is a South African wine estate in R44, Stellenbosch (lower Simonsberg slopes).
- Type
- Wine estate
- Location
- R44, Stellenbosch (lower Simonsberg slopes)
- Region
- Simonsberg-Stellenbosch ward, Stellenbosch district
- Owner
- Krige family (4th generation)
- Website
- kanonkop.co.za
Ownership history
First Kanonkop-label wines 1973, under Paul Sauer, who died about 1976; the farm passed to his daughter Mary and her husband Jannie Krige; now run by brothers Johann and Paul Krige.
Archivist's note
Sources give 1919 or 1929 for when Paul Sauer took over the farm.