THE WINE ROUTE by LysDor
SOME HISTORYThe French Huguenots who arrived from 1688 onwards and who settled mainly in the Franschhoek Valley contributed their sophisticated skills by refining the production of wine and before long good quality wines were being made at the Cape. It is even said that Napoleon Bonaparte while languishing in a prison cell in St Helena was reported to be longing for the sweet wines of Constantia as these wines had been extremely well received in the French Court!