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Jacobus Petrus (Kosie) Marais (22 June 1900 – 8 April 1963), was the son of Jacobus Petrus (Kowie) Marais and Catharina Elizabeth (Kitty) Eksteen. He was known for brandy-making.
Marais grew up on the farm Wonderfontein close to Robertson, Cape Colony. As a child in school his brother Eksteen (Johannes Eksteen) and he had a workshop and laboratory on the farm. In the workshop they generated electricity. In the laboratory they experiment with gunpowder. In 1921 Kosie had to stop his studies at Stellenbosch University and had to farm as his father Kowie was ill. His father died in 1922. Eksteen and Kosie became owners of the farms Klipdrift and Wonderfontein. His sister Judith Maria Magdalena, helped on the farm too. She later married a de Wet. His oldest brother, Ernst Jacobus, died young in 1918. Kosie operated on Klipdrift and Eksteen on Wonderfontein. On Klipdrift Kosie made brandy and liqueurs. In 1957 the two brothers split. Kosie got Klipdrift, and Eksteen Wonderfontein. Kosie was a South African Freemason.
Marais founded the company Southern Liqueur Company. He started to make Brandy. S.E. Warren, a director of KWV encouraged him in 1935 to produce and market brandy. His brand were called Klipdrift (the name comes from the farm's name) The first bottle was produced on 4 May 1938, at 8.02pm. On the farm Klipdrift two types of brandy were produced:
A five-year-old brandy and
A ten-year-old product.
He marketed it by sending a price-list to military officers' messes. He said it should be for “an officer and a gentleman”.
His company was sold to Castle Wine and Brandy Company after his death in 1963. This Company became part of Distell.
His brands has won awards and it's ranked as a brandy in South Africa and the world. It is still made to Marais's recipe. Today his brandy is still sold in South Africa and other countries.
Kosie Marais
Jacobus Petrus (Kosie) Marais (22 June 1900 – 8 April 1963), was the son of Jacobus Petrus (Kowie) Marais and Catharina Elizabeth (Kitty) Eksteen. He was known for brandy-making.
Marais grew up on the farm Wonderfontein close to Robertson, Cape Colony. As a child in school his brother Eksteen (Johannes Eksteen) and he had a workshop and laboratory on the farm. In the workshop they generated electricity. In the laboratory they experiment with gunpowder. In 1921 Kosie had to stop his studies at Stellenbosch University and had to farm as his father Kowie was ill. His father died in 1922. Eksteen and Kosie became owners of the farms Klipdrift and Wonderfontein. His sister Judith Maria Magdalena, helped on the farm too. She later married a de Wet. His oldest brother, Ernst Jacobus, died young in 1918. Kosie operated on Klipdrift and Eksteen on Wonderfontein. On Klipdrift Kosie made brandy and liqueurs. In 1957 the two brothers split. Kosie got Klipdrift, and Eksteen Wonderfontein. Kosie was a South African Freemason.
Marais founded the company Southern Liqueur Company. He started to make Brandy. S.E. Warren, a director of KWV encouraged him in 1935 to produce and market brandy. His brand were called Klipdrift (the name comes from the farm's name) The first bottle was produced on 4 May 1938, at 8.02pm. On the farm Klipdrift two types of brandy were produced:
A five-year-old brandy and
A ten-year-old product.
He marketed it by sending a price-list to military officers' messes. He said it should be for “an officer and a gentleman”.
His company was sold to Castle Wine and Brandy Company after his death in 1963. This Company became part of Distell.
His brands has won awards and it's ranked as a brandy in South Africa and the world. It is still made to Marais's recipe. Today his brandy is still sold in South Africa and other countries.