Coastal Region and Boberg Flashcards
what are the 9 districts of the Coastal Region?
Cape Peninsula Tygerberg Paarl Stellenbosch Franschhoek/ Franschhoek Valley Wellington Darling Swartland Tulbagh
what districts does Boberg cover?
Paarl, Franschhoek, Wellington, Tulbagh
what are some key producers in Constantia?
Groot Constantia (state-owned, est. 1684 or 1685) Klein Constantia Buitenverwachting High Constantia Constantia Uitsig Steenberg (oldest est 1682)
what district of Coastal Region was eliminated in 2014?
Cape Point, replaced with Cape Peninsula which also includes the wards of Constantia and Hout Bay
what is the grape used in the classic sweet wine of Vin de Constance?
Muscat blanc a Petit Grains AKA in SA as Muscat de Frontignan or Muscadel
what is the body of water between the Cape Peninsula and Stellenbosch?
False Bay
what are the mountains in Stellenbosch?
Simonsberg, Helderberg and Stellenbosch
soil types in Stellenbosch?
Alluvial clay over shale in valleys and decomposed granite and sandstone on the hillsides.
top producers in Stellenbosch?
Kanonkop, Neil Ellis, Warwick Estate, Rust-en-Vrede
wards in Stellenbosch? (7)
- Polkadraai Hills
- Bottelary
- Devon Valley
- Papegaaiberg
- Simonsberg-Stellenbosch
- Jonkershoek Valley
- Banghoek
largest producer in Paarl?
Nederburg
what is the oldest wine auction in the New World?
Nederburg Wine Auction, started in 1975, showcases rare Cape wines
when was Franschoek Valley elevated from Ward to District?
2010
when was Wellington elevated from Ward to District?
2012
what are the wards of Cape Peninsula?
- Constantia
* Hout Bay
what are the wards of Tygerberg?
Philadelphia
Durbanville
what are the wards of Paarl?
Simonsberg-Paarl
Voor-Paardeberg
what three districts of the Coastal Region have no wards?
Franschoek Valley, Tulbagh, Wellington
what are the wards of Darling?
Groenekloof
What are the wards of Swartland?
- Riebeeksberg
- Malmesbury
- St. Helena Bay
Tulbagh is surrounded on three sides by what mountains?
Winterhoek mountains
what and where is Namaqua?
A large producer in Olifants River region, in the ward of Vredendal.
what is the grape or blend of Columella and who makes it?
Syrah/Mourvedre, Eben Sadie of Sadie Family Wines
what is the grape or blend of Palladius and who makes it?
Old vine Chenin Blanc
where are Ken Forrester, Rudera and De Trafford?
Stellenbosch
Where are Glen Carlou, Fairview and Rupert & Rothschild?
Paarl
where are Chamonix and Boukenhoutskloof?
Franschhoek Valley
