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ELGIN'S Oak Valley Farm became the first in the Overberg district to receive Champion status, an acclaimed environmental accolade, in the Biodiversity Wine Initiative (BWI).

It is the ninth Cape wine farm to achieve this status from the BWI, a pioneering partnership between the SA wine industry and the conservation sector. In fulfilling a testing set of criteria, Oak Valley is hereby acknowledged for its track record in the conservation of its natural resources. Particularly notable in this regard is their preservation and ongoing restoration of large tracts of mountain fynbos found in the Cape Floral Kingdom.

Oak Valley Wines entered the programme as a member in 2005, and since then, conducted activities such as clearing alien plant species and adopting a waste management plan. It is also playing a significant role in conservation, with 282 hectares of mountain fynbos, including the largest known remaining colony of Protea Stokoei in the Western Cape.

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