Twee Jonge Gezellen
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Twee Jonge Gezellen is a family owned farm in the pioneer district of Tulbagh
in the Western Cape
, South Africa. The estate has been in the same family since 1710. Translated from Dutch, the name means Two Young Bachelors. The farm was started by two young bachelors (cousins) in 1710, and since the locals always referred to the farm as "the place where the two young bachelors stay", the name stuck. However the two bachelors did not remain bachelors for long, since it is their direct descendants (the Krone family) who now run the farm and produce the wines. In September 2011 the farm was placed under provisional liquidation after it transpired that their Land Bank loan could not be repaid.
Tulbagh
Tulbagh is a town in the Tulbagh valley and is situated in the Witzenberg Local Municipality, with the valley called "Die Land van Waveren" locally. Closest towns are Wolseley, Prince Alfred's Hamlet, Gouda and Ceres in the Boland district of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.The valley has...
in the Western Cape
Western Cape
The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...
, South Africa. The estate has been in the same family since 1710. Translated from Dutch, the name means Two Young Bachelors. The farm was started by two young bachelors (cousins) in 1710, and since the locals always referred to the farm as "the place where the two young bachelors stay", the name stuck. However the two bachelors did not remain bachelors for long, since it is their direct descendants (the Krone family) who now run the farm and produce the wines. In September 2011 the farm was placed under provisional liquidation after it transpired that their Land Bank loan could not be repaid.