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Twee Jonge Gezellen

vineyard and winery in South Africa

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 25, 2024
Entity authorityQ7857462 ↗
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Twee Jonge Gezellen (TJ) is a farm, winery and vineyard in the pioneer district of Tulbagh in the Western Cape, South Africa. Translated from Dutch, the name means Two Young Bachelors. The farm was started by two young bachelor cousins in 1710. Locals referred to the farm as "the place where the two young bachelors stay," and the name stuck. In September, 2011 the farm was placed under provisional liquidation after their Land Bank loan could not be repaid.

Vinimark bought the operation in 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “Twee Jonge Gezellen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.