CentralNotice Goat tower From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The Goat Tower at Fairview, Paarl. A Goat Tower is a decorative goat house, modeled on a European garden Folly , an early example of which was built in Portugal in the 19th century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A South African goat tower at Fairview Winery was built in the 20th century and became famous, inspiring additional copies throughout the world. [ 3 ] The first goat tower ( Torre das Cabras ) at a winery was built by Fernando Guedes da Silva da Fonseca (1871-1946) at Aveleda, one of the oldest and most famous wineries in the Vinho Verde region of Portugal. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 1 ] The second was built by Charles Back at Fairview in South Africa in 1981, Fairview Wine and Cheese farm and is a landmark in the Paarl winelands of South Africa . It is the second of five documented structures of t...