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MICHAEL FRIDJHON: Joy of good Constantia wines and fine dining in Joburg
The Constantia wine producers hit Johannesburg recently, writes Michael Fridjhon
The Constantia wine producers hit Johannesburg recently, hoping no doubt to galvanise some sales interest from a retail trade shell-shocked by tanking sales and rising excise. They brought the best of their current releases, ready (presumably) to take care of concerns that the appellation is not living up to its potential. I was keen to attend, having trafficked in this criticism. There were some very good wines at the otherwise very ordinary event. (You would think that producers with pretensions to being at the top of Brand SA’s sometimes shaky flagpole would organise enough spittoons for a trade tasting and better stemware than small size Irish coffee glasses to show their efforts off to their full potential. Perhaps they believed their wines so impressive that choice of tasting glass was irrelevant and they couldn’t imagine anyone spitting them out.) Among the highlights were two wines from Constantia Glen, the Sauvignon-Semillon white blend (Constantia Glen Two) and the Five (t...
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