South Africa Celebrates 365th Anniversary Of First Wine

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JANUARY 31: African farm laborers harvest Sauvignon Blanc grapes shortly before dawn on the historic Klein Constantia Wine Estate January 31, 2024 on the upper slopes of the Constantiaberg Mountains near Cape Town in South Africa's Western Province. The country celebrates this week the 365th anniversary of winemaking in the region, documented by Jan van Riebeeck, the Commander of the Cape Colony, in his diary entry of February 2, 1659 which reads: “Today, praise be to God, wine was made for the first time from Cape grapes”. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)