Winelands exhibit shows how a drink links SA, St Helena & Napoleon
The Wine of Exile exhibition at Groot Constantia describes how the erstwhile French emperor consoled himself with their sweet Cape wine
02 June 2019 - 00:00
At the opening of the Wine of Exile exhibition at Groot Constantia wine estate, French ambassador Christophe Farnaud suggested, tongue in diplomatic cheek, that "perhaps the wine of exile was also the wine of death"...
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