Word: wining
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mugs, the programs and the wine bottles, according to Hlavac...
...People came from all over the country. It was really quite amazing," Hastings said. "The wine came from all the way across the country, too--it was his picture on the label...
Nelson Mandela has arrived at an estate in the wine country outside Cape Town where he will dine and speak on economic reconstruction to 75 mostly white businessmen and bankers. He receives a standing ovation. Politely acknowledging the applause, he samples a glass of sweet Weisser Riesling 1993 and jokes about his lack of vinous sophistication. During his last days in prison, he says, he was permitted to have visitors for relatively luxurious meals, and his warder once told him the best wines were dry. "I thought every wine was wet," Mandela says now with a laugh. Not long...
Within the hour, Mandela and aides leave for the airport to fly to his dinner at the wine estate. By the time he arrives back at his private home in Johannesburg, it is just after 11 at night. During his 18-hour day, the 76-year-old man has traveled more than 2,000 miles. He has come far from Qunu...
...Wait exactly one minute, then chug the drink. A red wine chaser is suggested, though not required...