Cape Town (Coastal Region) Flashcards
What is Pontac
teinturier grape linked to Constantia
Wards of Cape Town
Constantia
Hout Bay
Durbanville
Philadelphia
These estates occupy Constantia vineyard in Constantiaberg
Groot Constantia
Klein Constantia
Buitenverwachting
what year did the state purchase Groot Constantia
1885
Klein Constantia and Groot Constantia make these dessert wines, respectively
Vin De Constance
Grand Constance
producers of Cape Town WO
Constantia-Groot Constantia
Klein Constantia
Constantia Uitsig
Steenberg
Buitenverwachting
Altydgedacht
Durbanville Hills
most planted varietal in Constantia
Sauvignon Blanc
Steenberg is a producer in this ward of Cape Town known for Sauvignon Blanc
Constantia
Bay just to the north of Cape Town
Table Bay
Who renovated Groot Constantia and brought international acclaim to the wines after he purchased it in 1788?
Hendrik Cloete
This grape created the base for white and red versions of Vin de Constance
Muscat blanc a Petit Grains
Muscat rouge a petit grains
(Dried grape wine)
what year was Constantia founded (the original farm registered)
1685
what year was the first Vineyard established in South Africa
1655
who founded Cape Town of Dutch East India Company and established its first vineyard
Jan Van Riebeeck
what day and year did Van Riebeeck make his declaration “praise be to God, wine was made for the first time from cape grapes”
February 2, 1659
Name of Jan Van Riebeecks farm?
Boscheuvel
most planted grape in Constantia
Sauvignon Blanc
Cape Point (Cape Town, district) has one winery
Cape Point Vineyards
Prior to May 2017, Cape Town District was two separate districts:
Cape Peninsula
Tygerberg
What was vin de constance known as in early days
“Governors Wine”
When did Simon Van der Stel die?
1712
How was the Estate of Van der Stel divided after his death
Groot and Klein Constantia (Big and little)
Bergvliet
Constantia is surrounded on three sides by chilly ocean currents and directly in the path of this wind
Cape Doctor
Constantia is this growing region
Cold climate
Average rainfall of Cape Town
1000mm per year
Soils of Cape Town
clay derived from granite (higher elevations)
sandstone (lower elevations)
Durbanville Ward shares a border with these two districts
Paarl and Swartland
One of the few South African winegrowing areas without any mountain influence
Durbanville
One of the larger producers in Durbanville (Cape Town) and the rainfall
Diemersdal
600 mm and thick fog
Shiraz was first planted here in the 1890s
Groot Constantia
