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The Seven Sisters wine brand evolved from its association with the seven Brutus sisters of Paternoster. The Brutus family lived in a small fishing village on the western coast.
The Brutus sisters and their baby brother left the tranquillity of their sleepy town at a very early age when the family was evicted from their home.They yearned to return but were not able to do so give the unfavourable circumstances of the time. Twenty years later, the sisters reunited to create fine wines.
The wines, carefully selected to match the styles and personalities of each sister, celebrate their bond and devotion to one another, a fitting tribute to sisterhood indeed!
The climatic influences that contribute to the characteristics of the Seven Sisters wines are the warm, low humid summer with temperatures ranging between 25 and 35 degree Celsius. With annual winter rainfall of approximately 450mm to 600mm and soil type varies from Hutton, Clovelly, Sandy Fernwood and Kroonstad, but the predominant soil type is Malmesbury Shale, with patches of Granite and Table Mountain Sandstone. The gravel under structure allows the soil to retain moisture during hot dry summers without requiring formal irrigation structures.
The seven Brutus sisters grew up in a small fishing village on the western coast of South Africa called Paternoster. Their quaint cottage overlooked the untamed waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Circumstances saw the sisters leave the tranquillity of their homeland.
Twenty years later, they came together to create fine wines.
The wines, carefully selected to match the unique styles and personalities of each sister, celebrate their bond and devotion to one another, a fitting tribute to sisterhood indeed! |
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Seven Sisters
Mythology has it that the seven sisters (Pleiads), daughters of Atlas and Pleione, were nymphs in the train of Artemis and nursemaids and teachers to the infant Bacchus too.
The seven sisters behind this label in the African Roots Wine Brands portfolio are biological sisters and hail from Paternoster, a picturesque fishing village on the Cape’s West Coast. The Brutus sisters, along with their baby brother John, had to leave their home when the family was evicted after their father lost his job of over 20 years with a local fishing company. Now, 25 years later, their wine brand, Seven Sisters, launched in 2007, was a way to change their destiny. The siblings often meet up on weekends at Paternoster to go kayaking, and feast on crayfish, bokkems (salted dried fish) and other local delicacies. The town is one of the oldest along the West Coast and was named after a prayer. The story goes that long ago when the first Europene Portuguese sailors were stranded and shipwrecked, they would pray that one day they might see their homes and families again. The prayer started like this, Patre Nostre which translated “Our Father” 5 kilomete...
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