Carolina Ramirez Herrera is a part-time writer, full-time hospitality PR and marketing guru who is usually on a plane. You can follow her on Instagram @lacarolinda. She travels for good times, good food and always good wine.
Wine and good times in the Elgin Valley
The La Montaña was probably the most memorable because it was a 50/50 blend of the bold Syrah and one of our favorite varietals, Petit Verdot. All of the wines were approachable and hit the spot at 10:30 AM (one of the earlier opening times for a winery).
The winemaker behind Callaghan Vineyards, Kent Callaghan, is highly regarded by his colleagues as a pioneer for the success of wineries in Sonoita/Elgin and his wines certainly showcase why. Callaghan wines have been served at the White House 4 times and, as the second oldest winery in Arizona, has much clout in the area.
According to historian Jose Burman, sweet wine was made intermittently in the region after this point, but the category had lost much momentum. And the historic elixir was seemingly put to rest forever in the 1940s, when production stopped completely. Emblematic of the changing times, Groot Constantia was redeveloped in the late 1950s to red grapes, predominately Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, and Pinotage, which had only been created in 1925.
Beautiful Constantia is one of the more isolated wine regions in South Africa. Located on a sliver of land that juts out into the Atlantic, it is separated from the mainland by the capital city of Cape Town. Indeed, homes and businesses butt up against the wine farms, effectively pinning them along Constantiaberg Mountain. The winegrowing area is described as a valley but really forms more of an amphitheater shape, with predominately southeast-facing slopes that overlook False Bay. 2ff7e9595c
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