Buying guide: Sweet wines

Though Natural Sweet, Noble Late Harvest and Vin de Paille (straw wine) are all styles of sweet wine, their respective methods of production differ significantly.

Buitenverwachting, Constantia

This photogenic Constantia wine estate offers wonderful scenery and a rich heritage as well as gourmet cuisine at its tastefully refurbished restaurant, not to mention some highly rated wines from its cellars.

Constantia wine ward and Cape Point wine district

Constantia is where some of South Africa’s first wines were made several hundred years ago. Today, Groot Constantia, Klein Constantia (both registered estates) and Buitenverwachting share the Cape peninsula with High Constantia as well as Constantia Glen and Eagles’ Nest just north of them on Constantianek, which leads to Hout Bay and bubbly specialist Ambeloui.

Hurrah for Chardonnay

SA Chardonnay reviews well in Decanter Magazine