Beyers Truter

Wine Maker

Beyers graduated from the University of Stellenbosch in 1979 with a degree in BSc Agriculture with oenology and viticulture, and initially worked for the Fruit Board as part of his bursary commitments. At 25 years of age he became Kanonkop’s third winemaker, and arrived at the farm ahead of the 1981 vintage.

Beyers began his own experiments with the winemaking practices on Kanonkop, particularly in the extraction of colour and tannins from the red grapes fermenting in the open concrete tanks.