24/09/2025
Happy Heritage Day!
THE HISTORY OF CELLIER
Part tribute to family, part ode to Cape wine history, Cellier is a name rich in tradition. Johnβs mother, Lynette Celliers, was a direct descendant of Josue Cellier from Orleans on the Loire River in Northern Central France π¨π΅
He arrived in the Cape with his wife, Elizabeth, as a refugee French Huguenot on board the VOC Reigersdaal in August, 1700, settling in Bottelary.
A carpenter by trade, Josue was also a viticulturist and winemaker in the Cape and went on to own a farm called De Orleans in Dal Josafat, Klein Drakenstein, where he farmed till his passing in 1721.
Our roots go deep π