Celebrating our employees with long service awards
Groot Constantia's Annual General Meeting took place on Wednesday 23rd November where a number of employees were honoured with long service awards.
Groot Constantia's Annual General Meeting took place on Wednesday 23rd November where a number of employees were honoured with long service awards.
This wine tour is Free with the City Sightseeing Cape Town Blue Route tour. It visits Groot Constantia and Eagles Nest.
Visitors to Groot Constantia have the choice of two excellent restaurants both of which supply Picnic Baskets on order.
In September 2010, Groot Constantia participated in the 36th Nederburg Auction. The first Nederburg Auction took place in 1975. It is one of very few wineries that have consistently achieved selections status for every consecutive auction since then.
A good way to explore Cape Town without stress is to board the Red City Tour Bus which leaves the V & A Waterfront every 35 minutes. The bus now stops at Groot Constantia; the inaugural visit was on the 21st January.
CEO Jean Naudé invited Chinese Consul General Hao Guanfeng and Mrs Kong Wei, Vice Consul General Song Lianjie, as well as Consul Mr Defu Xu to a traditional South African Braai at his home on the Estate.
Groot Constantia fared exceptionally well in Platters Guide 2011 with Gouverneurs Chardonnay 2009 gaining 5 Stars!
Perhaps the biggest capital investment a Wine Estate makes is in its staff. When one visits Groot Constantia the feeling of happy and helpful abounds, an absolute pleasure for guests.
General Manager of Groot Constantia Jean Naudé was contacted by The Historical Museum of Wine and Spirits, Stockholm in January of this year. The Director of the museum had read a press release about the re-launch of Grand Constance in an exquisite bottle styled on old shards of bottles found in the Roosevelt Inlet Shipwreck found on Lewes Beach in Delaware.
CEO of Groot Constantia Estate, Jean Naudé is excited about the discovery of additional antique wine bottles which have come to light during the last year with the latest being a 300 year old bottle found off the coast of Stockholm.