Thanks...it sounds good and I bought a few bottles. Never saw it and love
dessert wines. (Being Diabetic I only consumer 1 glass so I serve at dinner
parties.)

Will try it with variety of foods...then serve at a party one night...

This place has interesting history. I found their web site.

Thanks

dick
"st.helier" > wrote in message
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> "Richard Neidich" wrote in message
>
>> There was a dessert wine in my wine store from South Africa
>> that the wine person recommended...
>
>> I bought a couple bottles to try.
>>
>> Does anyone here know if this is one that should be served slightly
> chilled
>> and is this one to serve with Foie Gras?
>
> Hi Dick
>
> I visited South Africa in both 1979 and 1985 - and visited Klein
> Constantia,
> which is only about 20 minutes out of Capetown, on both occasions.
>
> On the first visit, apart from the stunning Cape Dutch architecture, it
> was
> quite apparent that the place was quite run down, and the wines available
> were very "ordinary"
>
> Six years later, the place had changed hands and was in the midst of major
> changes - much replanting - a case of out with the old and in with the
> new.
>
> For over 20 years I have been corresponding with a fellow rugby union
> player
> x wine enthusiast who tells me that Vin de Constance is a relatively
> recent
> recreation of the famed Constantia wines of the 18th/19th century,
> although
> I have not tried the wines myself.
>
> This is a raisiny sweet, unfortified wine made from Muscat de Frontignan
> (muscat blanc a petits grains) - Parker gave the '97 93/100 but I would
> have
> thought that this may be a little too "nuts & raisins x christmas pudding"
> to suit foie gras IMNSHO of course.
>
> --
>
> st.helier
>
>