{"id":2589,"date":"2026-04-04T21:35:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/book.vergenoegd.co.za\/?page_id=2589"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:57:23","slug":"onze-mensen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/nl\/about\/our-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Onze mensen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2589\" class=\"elementor elementor-2589\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e22447 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0e22447\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c5de7e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3c5de7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/vergenoegd.co.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/Vergenoegd-Loew-Entry.webm&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" role=\"presentation\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30dcbdf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30dcbdf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ac3127 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1ac3127\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e7aeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47e7aeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Onze mensen<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d609714 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d609714\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Progressieve, vooruitstrevende mensen<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da35b57 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit start-page-subheadline elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da35b57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVeel sleutelfiguren in onze geschiedenis delen een moedig, onderzoekend en avontuurlijk gevoel voor mogelijkheden. Neem bijvoorbeeld stichter Pieter de Vos, die hier aan het einde van de 17e eeuw de eerste wijnstokken plantte. Hij begon een traditie die tot op de dag van vandaag voortduurt. Hij koos ook de naam Vergenoegd (tevreden of voldaan).\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d32e682 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d32e682\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b4f82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"26b4f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;masonry&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dina-cornelius-holding-runner-duck-chick.jpg-1536x752.webp\" data-width=\"1536\" data-height=\"752\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-202582b elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"202582b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;masonry&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:3,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:20,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Vergenoegd_Feb2024_GibsonPhoto7-scaled.jpg-1024x1024.webp\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"800\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tamsin-valentine-attending-to-vines.jpg.webp\" data-width=\"650\" data-height=\"650\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Vergenoegd_November2025_GibsonPhoto100-e1764703957667-1024x1024.webp\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"800\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51fe902 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51fe902\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ce3cd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ce3cd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOok Johan George Lochner kocht de boerderij in 1782. Hij had de vooruitziende blik om Jan Brandes, een Nederlandse lutherse predikant en kunstenaar, bijna een jaar lang (tussen 1786 en 1787) onderdak te bieden. Wat Brandes zo interessant maakt, is dat hij veel schilderde en tekende en belangrijke beeldverslagen achterliet. Deze zijn een onschatbare bron van informatie voor onze teams die zich bezighouden met architectuur en tuinbouwkundig erfgoed. Werken die hij op de boerderij maakte, bevinden zich nu in het beroemde Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Reproducties van enkele van deze werken zijn te zien op het landgoed.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79aea72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79aea72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe mogen de familie Faure niet vergeten, die hier al bijna 200 jaar, zes generaties lang, boerde. Zij waren het die het potentieel van de grond voor Cabernet Sauvignon, tegenwoordig onze vlaggenschip rode wijn, inzagen. John Faure bleek een uitstekende wijnmaker (net als zijn vader), maar had ook het inzicht om al in 1984 te beginnen met het fokken van Indische loopeenden. Hij begreep dat ze plagen in de wijngaard konden bestrijden en tegelijkertijd de grond konden bemesten. Hij beheert nog steeds het eendenprogramma voor ons, fokt vele prijswinnende exemplaren en heeft zelfs eenden beschikbaar gesteld aan naburige boeren die op dezelfde manier regeneratief willen boeren als wij.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7950f83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7950f83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn 2015 verkocht John de boerderij aan de Duitse ondernemer, filantroop, historicus, erfgoedbeschermer en natuurbeschermer, prof. dr. L\u00f6w. Ook hij is een groot visionair die het landgoed nieuw leven heeft ingeblazen met een volmaakte mix van optimisme, gevoeligheid en creativiteit.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83413c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83413c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWat hij voor ogen had en tot leven heeft gebracht, is een intieme wijntoeristische bestemming in een authentieke, werkende boerderijomgeving, rijk aan natuurlijke schoonheid en landschap: een rustige enclave die het verleden eert, maar die zijn rijke erfgoed op een eigentijdse manier tot uitdrukking brengt; en die door middel van zijn wijnen, gastvrijheid en levenswijze een verfijnde en ingetogen smaak van de streek uitstraalt.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49e2ed6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49e2ed6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNet zo belangrijk is dat hij een nieuwe generatie teamleden heeft gevormd die hij graag verder wil zien groeien in hun vaardigheden en carri\u00e8re. Hij ondersteunt hen met aanzienlijke investeringen in onderzoek en technologie om wijngaarden, wijnproductie en horeca van de nieuwe generatie te cre\u00ebren, en tegelijkertijd in harmonie met de natuur een erfenis achter te laten voor de generaties na hem.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2d4cbe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f2d4cbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98b3dfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"98b3dfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;masonry&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:2,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:20,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vergenoegd-manor-house-wine-tasting-nolu-and-guests.jpg-1-1024x683.webp\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"534\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/vergenoegd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vusi-sampling-wine-in-the-cellar.jpg.webp\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"533\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our People Progressive, Forward-Thinking People Many of the key players in our history share a brave, inquiring and adventurous sense of possibility. Take founder Pieter de Vos, who planted the first vines here at the end of the 17th century. He started a tradition that continues to this day. 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