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Constantia|kənˈstænʃ(ɪ)ə|
Originally wine produced on the Constantia farm near Cape Town, S. Africa. Now more generally, any of several sweet dessert wines produced in the Constantia valley. Also attrib., esp. as Constantia wine.
[1772G. Forster tr. De Bougainville's Voyage round World 464 Nearly halfway between them both is the district of Constantia, which produces the famous wine of that name.] 1785—— tr. Sparrman's Voy. to Cape of Good Hope I. ii. 41 The genuine Constantia wine is undeniably a very racy and delicate desert wine. 1797Holcroft Stolberg's Trav. (ed. 2) III. lxxxiv. 351 Red Cape wine..of the best kind, called Constantia. c1798A. Barnard Jrnl. in Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 402 To..taste of the admirable Constantia grape. 1811Jane Austen Sense & Sens. II. viii. 142, I have some of the finest old Constantia wine..that ever was tasted. 1845E. Acton Mod. Cookery (ed. 2) xx. 437 Constantia Jelly, a pint of water..rind of half a Seville orange.. ounce of isinglass.. sugar.. four large wineglassesful of Constantia. 1869M. E. Braddon Lady's Mile ii. 15 She sold the lease, and the furniture, and the very curious old ports, and constantias, and Madeiras. 1913D. Fairbridge That which hath Been 302 The door of the room opened at this moment to admit several slaves, carrying trays laden with glass bokaals and flagons of Constantia wine. 1933H. Allen Anthony Adverse II. vi. xl. 577 It had taken several glasses of Constantia to effect that. 1950M. Masson Birds of Passage 67 Greater quantities of wine had been exported to Europe, where there was a cult for Constantia wines. 1979Daily Dispatch (East London, Cape Province) 10 Mar. 7 A half bottle of Constantia white dating back to 1791 was bought for R 2 500. |