Allesverloren is a South African winery located at the foot of the Kasteelberg between the villages of Riebeek West and Riebeek Kasteel in the Swartland. It is one of the oldest wineries in the Swartland region.

c1699-1704
The area of ​​today's winery was sold at the beginning of the 18th century by Willem Adriaan van der Stel, the then governor of the Cape Colony (1699 to 1707), to a widow from the Cloete settler family (seems most likely that it was Catharina Cloete, SM/PROG - see Discussion) , who built a farm on the land. In order to sell their goods and to run errands, longer journeys to the surrounding towns were sometimes necessary. While the owner was on such a trip in 1704, the farm was raided and burned down. The settlers decided to rebuild the property; To commemorate what happened, it was called “Allesverloren”.

< 23 Aug 1737
Jan Jacobse aquires the farm, mentioned in his inventory "Het opneeme en gewardeerde goedere van de wed:e Jan Jacobse, ’t plaadts genaamt Alles Verlooren met alles wat de wed: toebehoorende als volgt. Het plaats genaamt Alles Verlooren ƒ2000:-..Allesverlooren den 23 Aug:s 1737...Anna Angenieta Pieterse de weedewu Jacobse]

1777

Samuel Walters died 1777 owner of Allesverloren 

1806
In the following decades, farmers began to grow wine. The first Allesverloren wine was made in 1806, but the farm's primary use initially remained growing wheat.

1872
In 1872 the Allesverloren farm was sold to the Malan family. Daniel François Malan, the father of the future South African Prime Minister Daniel François Malan, increasingly began to reduce grain cultivation and grow wine on the farm.

c1939-1950's
His grandson, Daniel François de Merindol Malan, eventually converted Allesverloren into a pure winery. In collaboration with a professor from the University of Stellenbosch's Faculty of Agriculture , C. J. Theron, Portuguese grape varieties were first grown in 1939 and the production of dessert wines began. In the 1950s, Allesverloren was known nationally for its port wines.

1960's
When the demand for such sweet wines declined in the 1960s, Stephanus “Fanie” François Malan, Daniel François de Merindol's son and owner of the winery since 1961, concentrated on the production of traditionally pressed, dry red wines. The cultivated area has expanded over the decades to over 200 hectares .

2003-2023>
Allesverloren is still owned by the Malan family to this day. Daniel “Danie” François Malan, who has been working as a winemaker since 1990, has been running the winery in the fifth generation since 2003.

• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allesverloren
• https://www.allesverloren.co.za/
• https://www.academia.edu/511013/Behind_Every_Man_D.F._Malan_and_the...

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