The Frater Family arrived in South Africa from the lowlands of Scotland in 1878 and settled on the historical De Zoete Inval Estate in the Paarl Valley. Frater Family Wines is the epitome of family wine farming, and each grape and wine is harvested and made in honour of a member of the Frater family. Their red wines are still produced in open fermenters, and allowed to ferment and age with minimal intervention. This ancient practice is widely regarded as the ideal fermentation method and although very labour intensive, the results vindicate the efforts.