The Goat Tower
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Fairview Wine and Cheese
Fairview Wine and Cheese farm is a South African producer of wines and cheeses based in the Paarl region of the Western Cape province. It is owned and run by Charles Back, who also owns The Goats do Roam Wine Company and The Spice Route Winery.-Location:...
farm is a landmark
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in the Paarl
Paarl
Paarl is a town with 191,013 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its the third oldest European settlement in the Republic of South Africa and the largest town in the Cape Winelands. Due to the growth of the Mbekweni township, it is now a de facto urban unit with Wellington...
winelands of South Africa
South Africa
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. It is the first of four documented structures of this kind. The Goat Tower was built in 1981 by Fairview owner Charles Back
Charles Back
Charles Louis Back is the third generation owner of South African wine and cheese producer Fairview, in Paarl in the Western Cape province.-Career and winemaking philosophy:...
and has become the farm's most identifiable symbol and aspect of their brand. Fairview has more than 750 Saanen goats on their farm, the milk from which is used to produce a range of cheeses under the farm's label. A select group of these goats have the privilege of living in the tower.
Other goat towers
ArgentinaArgentina
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- The Torre de Cabras at the Fínca el Rocio in the Córdoba
Córdoba, Argentina
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province of Argentina was completed in late 2010. The tower was built using only the finest cheese. These were provided to Fínca el Rocio by Fairview following a request by the South American
South America
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farm's owners
Norway
Norway
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- In 2006 a farmer from Ekeby in Norway approached Fairview owner Charles Back requesting permission to build a replica of Fairview's tower on his farm in Scandinavia. The Paarl tower was measured and photographed, and the replica tower was completed in 2007, with Charles Back travelling to Norway to officially open the tower.
United States
United States
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- Illinois
Illinois
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farmer David Johnson built his 31 feet (9.4 m) goat tower in Shelby County, near Findlay, after seeing an article on Fairview in the magazine
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Decanter.