Our Easter #mychocolateface competition sweetened social media for the month of April with fans sharing fun and fabulous snaps of their Chocolate and Wine Pairing experience - as well as selfies with their tasting room guru - on @GrootConstantia’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter channels.
In an exciting move for wine connoisseurs and collectors, Groot Constantia are releasing highly limited quantities of the last of their award-winning vintages produced over the past decade. Read more about it in the press release here.
In an exciting move for wine connoisseurs and collectors, Groot Constantia are releasing highly limited quantities of the last of their award-winning vintages produced over the past decade. Read more about it in the press release here.
Walking towards Jonkershuis Restaurant at Groot Constantia evokes images of scenes in art films where extended families and groups of friends gather around long tables laden with food and where sensory feasts are had under clumps of trees.
Upon first meeting Boela Gerber, winemaker at Groot Constantia since the 1st of January 2001, the word grounded immediately comes to mind. The dictionary definition of grounded is to be admirably sensible, realistic and (above all) unpretentious. Such a person remains grounded despite all the praise and attention, the dictionary also says. Such is Boela.
The wheels of the bus go round and round… and everyone on the City Sightseeing Red Tour Bus swivels their heads from side to side as there is so much to leave you agape on the Blue Mini Peninsula Tour. The Hop-On Hop-Off bus leaves from the Two Oceans Aquarium at the V&A Waterfront (or 81 Long Street) where after it circles Table Mountain – look out for antelope on the southern slopes as you drive past with the wind in your hair.
Cameron Nel, teacher at Hout Bay High School, recently approached Groot Constantia to assist with barrels and bins to plant trees. He was on a mission to improve the grounds of Hout Bay High School. The outdoor amphitheater where the learners gather was completely paved and offered no shade.
Valentine’s Day should be spent blissfully adrift, far from the daily hustle and bustle, indulging the senses with beautiful sights and delicious flavours. Groot Constantia is the perfect setting. Only twenty minutes drive from central Cape Town, the estate feels wonderfully removed from the city.