History
Lievland's history dates back to 1715 when the farm Natte Vallei was granted to the ex-soldier Juriaan Hanekom. In 1820 the section of the farm which today is Lievland, became the property of Daniel Jacob Muller. He named the farm Beyers Kloof and in 1823 built a gabled cellar. The gabled house was built in 1828. Both buildings are still in use today.
Baron Carl von Stiernhielm, a native of the Baltic state of Latvia, bought the farm in 1933. The Baron died before he could leave Europe with his family and in 1936 the Baroness and her five children traveled to their new home. Hendrika von Stiernhielm renamed the farm Lievland after the birthplace of the baron and their children; took up the study of viticulture under Prof. A.I. Perold and within four years made her own wine.
On 31st October 1973 Gert van der Merwe and the Dan Benade family bought Lievland and the vineyards were re-established with quality cultivars. Janey Muller, trained as a viticulturist and oenologist at Stellenbosch University, helped these owners produce one red and six white wines, one of which was an experimental Steen fermented in wood.
In the late eighties, early nineties, Lievland rose to become one of the top ten wine Estates with Abe Beukes at the helm.
Terrior | Vineyards | Cellar
Lievland's history dates back to 1715 when the farm Natte Vallei was granted to the ex-soldier Juriaan Hanekom. In 1820 the section of the farm which today is Lievland, became the property of Daniel Jacob Muller. He named the farm Beyers Kloof and in 1823 built a gabled cellar. The gabled house was built in 1828. Both buildings are still in use today.
Baron Carl von Stiernhielm, a native of the Baltic state of Latvia, bought the farm in 1933. The Baron died before he could leave Europe with his family and in 1936 the Baroness and her five children traveled to their new home. Hendrika von Stiernhielm renamed the farm Lievland after the birthplace of the baron and their children; took up the study of viticulture under Prof. A.I. Perold and within four years made her own wine.
On 31st October 1973 Gert van der Merwe and the Dan Benade family bought Lievland and the vineyards were re-established with quality cultivars. Janey Muller, trained as a viticulturist and oenologist at Stellenbosch University, helped these owners produce one red and six white wines, one of which was an experimental Steen fermented in wood.
In the late eighties, early nineties, Lievland rose to become one of the top ten wine Estates with Abe Beukes at the helm.
Terrior | Vineyards | Cellar
