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Constantia (wine)
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Constantia (wine)
Constantia wyn (wine)
is a
South Africa
n
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
. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it was widely exported to Europe. However, production of Constantia ceased in the late nineteenth century following the devastation of
South African
vineyards
by the
phylloxera epidemic
. Production resumed at
Klein Constantia
in 1986, at
Groot Constantia
in 2003 and at Buitenverwachting in 2007.
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