It seems that production only really started in the mid-1970s, with the Basson family, who farmed at Die Slot in Perdeberg planting one of the first vineyards in 1972.
Kubonakala ngatsi kukhicita kwacala kahle emkhatsini wemnyaka wa 1970, nalo mndeni waka Basson, lowalima eDie Slot ePerdeberg lowahlanyela yinye yemavini ekucala ngemnyaka wa 1972.