Ken Forrester Wines

Ken started his career in the Hotel industry in 1977 with Southern Sun in the early days of Sol Kerzner. He then went on to specialise in the restaurant trade and later bought a string of restaurants in Johannesburg and Cape Town culminating in being elected Chairman of the Federated Hospitality Association of SA.

In 1993 with a young family, Ken and his wife Teresa set their hearts on a historic vineyard in Stellenbosch. Originally granted to Frederich Boot of Gotha in 1689 as Zandberg. This beautiful farm, complete with historic Cape Dutch homestead built in 1694 had stood vacant and derelict. Teresa took on the daunting task of restoring the house while Ken and good friend and top wine maker Martin Meinert challenged the vineyards motivated to produce a wine that could out rival any white wine in the world!!

Today Ken is well settled on the farm, with his wife Teresa, daughters Alex and Vicky, their horses, all the rescued dogs, the stable cats, resident geese, ducks and occasional wild buck or porcupine.