The South African wine industry has formally honoured four outstanding individuals at the annual Wine Harvest Commemorative Event, hosted on South Africa’s oldest wine-producing farm, Groot Constantia in Cape Town, on Thursday 2 February 2023.
"Today, praise be to God, wine was made for the first time from Cape grapes." - Jan van Riebeeck, 2nd February 1659. The first week of February remains a big date in Cape wine.