Cape Town (Coastal Region)

Question 1

What is Pontac

Answer 1

teinturier grape linked to Constantia

Question 2

Wards of Cape Town

Answer 2

Constantia
Hout Bay
Durbanville
Philadelphia

Question 3

These estates occupy Constantia vineyard in Constantiaberg

Answer 3

Groot Constantia
Klein Constantia
Buitenverwachting

Question 4

what year did the state purchase Groot Constantia

Answer 4

1885

Question 5

Klein Constantia and Groot Constantia make these dessert wines, respectively

Answer 5

Vin De Constance
Grand Constance

Question 6

producers of Cape Town WO

Answer 6

Constantia-Groot Constantia
Klein Constantia
Constantia Uitsig
Steenberg
Buitenverwachting
Altydgedacht
Durbanville Hills

Question 7

most planted varietal in Constantia

Answer 7

Sauvignon Blanc

Question 8

Steenberg is a producer in this ward of Cape Town known for Sauvignon Blanc

Answer 8

Constantia

Question 9

Bay just to the north of Cape Town

Answer 9

Table Bay

Question 10

Who renovated Groot Constantia and brought international acclaim to the wines after he purchased it in 1788?

Answer 10

Hendrik Cloete

Question 11

This grape created the base for white and red versions of Vin de Constance

Answer 11

Muscat blanc a Petit Grains

Muscat rouge a petit grains

(Dried grape wine)

Question 12

what year was Constantia founded (the original farm registered)

Answer 12

1685

Question 13

what year was the first Vineyard established in South Africa

Answer 13

1655

Question 14

who founded Cape Town of Dutch East India Company and established its first vineyard

Answer 14

Jan Van Riebeeck

Question 15

what day and year did Van Riebeeck make his declaration “praise be to God, wine was made for the first time from cape grapes”

Answer 15

February 2, 1659

Question 16

Name of Jan Van Riebeecks farm?

Answer 16

Boscheuvel

Question 17

most planted grape in Constantia

Answer 17

Sauvignon Blanc

Question 18

Cape Point (Cape Town, district) has one winery

Answer 18

Cape Point Vineyards

Question 19

Prior to May 2017, Cape Town District was two separate districts:

Answer 19

Cape Peninsula
Tygerberg

Question 20

What was vin de constance known as in early days

Answer 20

“Governors Wine”

Question 21

When did Simon Van der Stel die?

Answer 21

1712

Question 22

How was the Estate of Van der Stel divided after his death

Answer 22

Groot and Klein Constantia (Big and little)
Bergvliet

Question 23

Constantia is surrounded on three sides by chilly ocean currents and directly in the path of this wind

Answer 23

Cape Doctor

Question 24

Constantia is this growing region

Answer 24

Cold climate

Question 25

Average rainfall of Cape Town

Answer 25

1000mm per year

Question 26

Soils of Cape Town

Answer 26

clay derived from granite (higher elevations)
sandstone (lower elevations)

Question 27

Durbanville Ward shares a border with these two districts

Answer 27

Paarl and Swartland

Question 28

One of the few South African winegrowing areas without any mountain influence

Answer 28

Durbanville

Question 29

One of the larger producers in Durbanville (Cape Town) and the rainfall

Answer 29

Diemersdal

600 mm and thick fog

Question 30

Shiraz was first planted here in the 1890s

Answer 30

Groot Constantia