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.
There are two fabulous restaurants on the Estate, both have shared one of their tasty, easy to make recipes.
Well done to Boela Gerber, winemaker ,Daniel Keulder assistant winemakers as well as their cellar team for being awarded Platter's Five Stars for the Groot Constantia Gouverneurs Chardonnay 2009.
The original sweet wine which made Groot Constantia one of the world’s iconic wine producers during the 18th and 19th centuries has been re-launched in an elegantly classical and historically true bottle to celebrate the Estate’s 325th anniversary.
Groot Constantia's place in history received another significant endorsement in 2004 when an American citizen picked up a piece of glass on the beach at Lewes, Delaware, on the east coast of America. The piece of glass had an inscription "Constantia Wyn" on it and American historians traced this artefact which was found among other porcelain items, to a ship that stranded in the Delaware Bay in 1774. The ship was a British supply ship named the Severn, which sank in the Delaware Bay after being hit by a storm. The wreckage was only discovered in 2004.
If spending a Sunday afternoon in the company of good friends, sipping fine wine and sampling dishes prepared by Constantia’s highly acclaimed Chefs, then Crush on Constantia is definitely an event for you!
'Constantia Fresh' is one of the first South African wine festivals to feature Sauvignon Blanc of the Constantia Valley and other participating regional and international producers for a two day lifestyle festival celebrating the distinctiveness and freshness of the ‘wild white’ grape, Sauvignon Blanc and its compatibility with food.
Another Gold Award for the Gouverneurs Shiraz 2006 at the Michelangelo International Wine Awards 2009, making it its 5th one. The Sauvignon Blanc 2009 and Shiraz 2006 both received a Silver Award.