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Constantia is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, situated about 15 kilometres south of the centre of Cape Town. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious suburbs in South Africa. The Constantia Valley lies to the east of and at the foot of the Constantiaberg mountain. Constantia Nek is a low pass linking to Hout Bay in the ...
In 1969 the manor house became part of the South African Cultural History Museum, and in 1993 the estate passed into the ownership of the Groot Constantia Trust. The exhibition in the house is managed by Iziko South African Museum, and is particularly focused on rural slavery and the life of slaves during the early Cape colonial period.
Platter's South African Wines (29th ed.). Cape Town: Newsome McDowall. ISBN 978-0-9584506-7-6. Venter, Chris: Die wynmakerfamilie van Zonnebloem, Simondium, 1915-1963, published in Historia, Volume 57, Issue 2, November 2012; Jim Clarke, The wines of South Africa, Infinite Ideas Limited, 2020; James Seely, The Wines of South Africa, Faber ...
The road to Constantia swings to the right in Wynberg to enter Constantia, one of the most picturesque valleys in South Africa. Here we find some of the best examples of Cape Dutch architecture, and the best known of them is Groot Constantia.
Groot Constantia, the oldest wine estate in South Africa. On 2 February 1659 the founder of Cape Town, Jan van Riebeeck, produced the first wine recorded in South Africa. [1] 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 ...
In May 2011 the Jooste family sold Klein Constantia to Czech businessman Zdenĕk Bakala and Charles D. Harman from the UK. Both have been regular visitors to South Africa for the past twenty years, and together with their families now divide their time between their respective homes in Europe and Cape Town. [12]
This is a list of notable shopping centres in South Africa with the aim of including all (and only) shopping centres with at least two anchor stores such as hypermarkets, supermarkets, department stores, or multicinemas, or which are otherwise notable. GLA = gross leasable area.
In 1685, the Constantia estate was established in a valley facing False Bay by the Governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel whose "Constantia wyn" soon acquired a good reputation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1705, Naturalist François Valentyn called it "The coicest wine to be found at the Cape...so divine and enticing in taste. [ 3 ]