AND NOW THE END IS NEAR Photo 2

AND NOW THE END IS NEAR

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July 10th 2010
Had our first tasting at 10.00 a.m today. £3.00 for 5 tastings and a set of complimentary glasses to boot. Followed this with a further 3 tastings two of which were free. This time we were in Constancia. Roger prefered the red wine of the Constancia region and we both thought that the desert wine was to die for and we are not normally desert wine drinkers. Just a little way up the road from our a ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more