André spent his working life with SABMiller, the global brewing giant, heading up their African and Asian operations before retiring back to the Cape in 2007.
Despite his brewing career, he gradually became intrigued by the world of fine wine.
Although he hates the flowery language often used to describe the characteristics of a wine, it is the uniqueness of each varietal, terroir and vintage that has him smitten.
As befits a good brewing person, he needs to finish a proper glass before pronouncing on the merits of a wine – no sipping and spitting for André!
His family bought present day Highberry farm in 2003, retaining only 1,5 hectares of the original vineyards, and planting the remaining 38,5 hectares over the intervening years.
Apart from his farming activities, he serves on the boards of some of South Africa’s top companies.
He’s passionate about his family (especially his 5 grandchildren) and South Africa.

After spending a decade climbing the corporate ranks at SAB and ABI(Coke bottler) he was an early investor and director at BOS Brands the now well established ice tea business with global exposure where he headed up Supply Chain.

In 2019 after 8 years at BOS he was then recruited to launch and lead Africa’s first cannabis beverage business (Goodleaf) which quickly gained national presence and traction. Craig heads up all key wine related functions to ensure our premium range is well distributed and accessible.

An internationally renowned wine connoisseur and wine columnist, Jabulani developed a keen interest in the wine industry in the late 1970’s while studying towards his Business Degree on a United Nations Scholarship at the Baruch College in Manhattan, New York. This interest started when he was employed as a clerk in an upmarket Manhattan Wine Shop.

After spending the better part of the 1980’s developing a keen interest in South African wines while in the US, he soon became a well-respected authority on South African wines, such that the Neal Rosenthal Wine Merchants invited him to assist in the acquisition of a portfolio of top quality South African wines for importation into the United States.

His achievements in the industry within South Africa include:

• On his return to SA he started a newspaper column on food and wine;
• Became member of the teams tasked with the development of the Spier Estate’s Wine Centre;
• Partnered with John Platter, Charles Back and Gyles Webb to establish Spice Route Wine Company;
• Served as a representative for the Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs on the Wine Industry Trust;
• Served as a wine judge for the South African Airways;
• Set up the Wine Education Programme to develop black in the fields of Viticulture (i.e. grape production), Plant Pathology, Oenology (i.e. wine making) and Agricultural Economics at Stellenbosch University.

Born in the Sir Lowrys Pass region in 1962, Edward was brought up in and has farmed this land and its surroundings ever since, thus making it safe to conclude that no other man quite understands the terroir of this region as accurately as he does.
A true king-pin of the team, Edward is not only extremely knowledgeable about our soils, slopes and climate, but also possesses invaluable traits of being trustworthy and extremely dedicated to his craft. It is primarily due to these great strengths of his that enable some of our giant clients such as Distell and KWV, to have bounded contracts with our farm in securing our fruit annually.
Edward’s children have also worked on our land for Highberry for many years.
Him and his family are a true asset to the farm’s existence.

After completing a BCom degree in Business Management, Tim decided to take a break before entering into the business arena by qualifying as a professional field guide at a private lodge in the Kruger National Park.

Once he completed his stint in the bush, Tim returned to the Cape to set up a signage company along with his father, Andre, which went on to be a great success. With his evident immense love and passion for the nature and the outdoors, along with having recently been married, Tim went on to sell his signage company so that he could commence taking over the reins of his family farm.

By combining both his interests of entrepreneurship, social interaction and nature, Tim finds himself in his utmost prime position. His key role is to launch and manage the new function venue, as well as to oversee the general operations of the farm itself.

“It is a great privilege for me to have the opportunity to take our beautiful farm to greater heights and to ensure that it is passed on to our family’s future generations to come.”