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Encyclopedia > Constantia (wine)

Constantia is a South African dessert wine. It is made from Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains (Muscat de Frontignan) grapes grown in the district of Constantia, south of Cape Town. Dessert wines (or pudding wines) are sweet wines typically served with dessert, such as Sauternes and Tokaji Aszú. Despite the name, they are often best appreciated alone, or with fruit or bakery sweets. ... Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat family of Vitis vinifera. ... This article is about the fruits of the genus Vitis. ... Constantia is a district in Cape Town, South Africa. ... Nickname: Motto: Spes Bona (Latin for Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Coordinates: , Country Province Municipality City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality Founded 1652 Government [1]  - Type City council  - Mayor Helen Zille  - City manager Achmat Ebrahim Area  - City 2,499 km²  (964. ...


The wine was immensely popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and was exported to Europe. However, production of Constantia dessert wine ceased in the late nineteenth century following the devastation of South African vineyards by the phylloxera louse. Production resumed at Klein Constantia in the mid-1990s and at Groot Constantia in 2003. A vineyard A vineyard is a place where grapes are grown for making wine, raisins, or table grapes. ... Grape Phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, family Phylloxeridae, superfamily Aphidoidea) is a serious pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Groot Constantia is a wine estate and national monument in the suburb of Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


History

In 1685, the Constantia estate was established in a valley facing False Bay by the Governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel. His 'Vin de Constance' soon acquired a good reputation. But it was Hendrik Cloete, who bought the homestead in 1778,[1] who really made the name of Constantia famous, with an unfortified wine made from a blend of mostly Muscat de Frontignan (Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains), Pontac, red and white Muscadel (probably clones of Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains??) and a little Chenin Blanc. It became a favourite tipple of European kings and emperors, from Frederick the Great to Napoleon. But the vineyards were decimated by phylloxera, the Cloete family were bankrupted, and Groot Constantia was sold to the government as an experimental station. In 1980 Duggie Jooste bought Klein Constantia, redeveloped it, and is now selling a new version of Vin de Constance made from Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains.[2] Constantia is a district in Cape Town, South Africa. ... Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat family of Vitis vinifera. ... Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat family of Vitis vinifera. ... Grape Phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, family Phylloxeridae, superfamily Aphidoidea) is a serious pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America. ... Groot Constantia is a wine estate and national monument in the suburb of Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa. ... Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat family of Vitis vinifera. ...


Constantia in popular culture

  • German poet Klopstock wrote a romantic ode to Constantia wine, Der Kapwein und der Johannesberger
  • In Les Fleurs du Mal (1857), Baudelaire compares it : "je prefere au constance, a l'opium, aux nuits, L'elixir de ta bouche ou l'amour se pavane,"

For other uses, see Sense and Sensibility (disambiguation). ... 1873 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait drawn by her sister Cassandra. ... The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. ... “Dickens” redirects here. ...

References

  1. ^ [1] Great history of Constantia
  2. ^ History of Constantia

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Constantia, cradle of the South African wine industry, is set on the eastern slopes of the Table Mountain range, rising up from the narrow strip of land between False Bay to the steep slopes and folds of the mountain, where moderation rules supreme, with the exception of producing fine wine.
Constantia, a mere stone's throw from the sea, lies between False Bay and the at first gentle, then steeper, slopes of Constantiaberg, which together with Table Mountain, help forms the 'spine' of the Cape Peninsula while providing ideal conditions for winemaking.
Noteworthy is the Klein Constantia Vin de Constance, a recreation of that legendary and luscious sweet Constantia wine, famous world-wide in the 18th Century.
Constantia Valley Wine Routes, Wine Tasting in Constantia Cape Town (883 words)
The Constantia wine route is a mere 20 minutes from the city centre and within 5-10 minutes of the many exclusive guest houses and hotels located in Constantia and surrounds.
Groot Constantia is the oldest wine farm in South Africa and was developed by Simon van der Stel in 1685.
As with all of the Constantia Estates the setting is breathtaking with the Constantiaberg mountains as the backdrop and the fertile soil of the Constantia Valley underfoot.
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