The Goat Tower

1. Justinarino
   June 22nd, 2008 at 7:22 pm

   weird

2. Parker
   June 22nd, 2008 at 7:51 pm

   No one says why they were built! I'm assuming it's just like a cat tower..for their enjoyment/something to fight over?

3. AM
   June 22nd, 2008 at 8:54 pm

   That´s bizarre.

4. Lou Smorals
   June 22nd, 2008 at 9:03 pm

   Can't speak for the others, but the one at Fairview was built because goats like to have stuff to climb. The estate sells goat cheese, etc. as well as wine.

   The tourist-attractiness of it all probably didn't hurt, but it was a much smaller deal back then what with apartheid and all.

5. Sweet Violet
   June 23rd, 2008 at 12:03 am

   I have been to the Fairview winery. Among other things, they produce a wine named "Goats do Roam" (a very bad pun on Cote du Rhone) which features a drawing of the tower on the label. The tower was built to give the goats something to climb, which they do with great abandon.

   The goat tower is not a particularly big deal in terms of attracting tourists...none of the local tourist literature I have seen features it. But Paarl (Afrikaans for "Pearl"), along with Franschhoek, is part of the Western Cape's Wine Country, much like California's Napa and Sonoma Valleys, and attracts considerable interest for that reason alone. South African wines are lovely, BTW.

6. Thomas
   June 23rd, 2008 at 2:24 am

   Goats do love climbin' stuff. There's a guy in town who has goats in a pen in his front yard. There's a small pond, as well as several other things for the goats to do, but they all crowd together on a cement bench because its the highest thing to stand on.

7. Larfin Jackarse
   June 23rd, 2008 at 3:41 am

   The steps need to get narrower as they go higher. I know goats like that.

8. ted
   June 23rd, 2008 at 6:04 am

   How many goats do you have to squeeze to make a good bottle of wine?

9. Deborah
   June 23rd, 2008 at 12:39 pm

   I had lunch there last Saturday! The food is excellent and so is the wine.

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