General Flashcards
Most planted white grape
Chenin Blanc (Steen)
- 18.6% of total plantings
Jan van Riebeeck
- Of the Dutch East India Company
- Founded Cape Town
- 1655: est. SA’s 1st vineyard
Muscat Blanc á Petits Grains
Synonym
Muscat de Frontignan or Muscadel
Year KWV (Ko-operatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika) formed
1918
- With the support of 90% of South Africa’s growers
KWV
KWV (Ko-operatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika)
- Cooperative of wine producers and growers
- Formed as a result of plummeting prices and over-supply
- Fixed minimum prices, determined areas of production and established production limits
Year KWV transformed into a wine company
1997
End of apartheid
1994
SAWIT
Year Est.
South African Wine Industry Trust (SAWIT)
- est 1999
- Speed transformation of South African wine
- Empower black workers in an industry that had long relied on slave- and arpatheid-era labor practices
Year Wine of Origin (WO) system was it introduced
The Wine of Origen (WO) sytem
- Introduced in 1973
- Compels producers seeking certification to submit a sample of the wine for evaluation by a tasting panel, which confirms that the wine shows the correct organoleptic qualitites for its cultivar (variety) and age
- Wine also undergoes scientific analysis
Number of cultivars (varieties) authorized by Wine of Origin (WO)
appx 90
WO Label Requirements (as of 2006)
- Varietal:
- Vintage:
- Area:
- Varietal: 85%
- Vintage: 85%
- Area: 100%
4 types of production areas, in descending order of size
- Geographical unit
- Region
- District
- Ward
South Africas: Single Vineyard Wine
6 ha or less
6 large Geographical Areas
- Western Cape
- Northern Cape
- Eastern Cape
- Kwazulu-Natal
- Limpopo
- Free State
1 Ward of the Eastern Cape
St. Francis Bay
6 Regions of the Western Cape
*All SA Regions located in the Western Cape
- Coastal Region
- Cape South Coast
- Breede River Valley
- Klein Karoo
- Olifants River
- Boberg
5 production areas of the Northern Cape
-
Districts (w/o a region)
- Douglas
- Sutherland-Karoo
-
Wards (w/o a district)
- Central Orange River (formerly Lower Orange)
- Hartswater
- Prieska
Western Cape’s southernmost district
Cape Agulhas
- Coolest climate in the country; vs Northern Cape areas along the Orange River which experience a hot, arid climate and are generally only suitable for bulk wines
Stellenbosch district’s two most planted varietals
Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc
- Followed by Merlot, Shiraz, and Chenin Blanc
7 wards within the Stellenbosch district
W to E
- Polkadraai Hills
- Bottelary
- Devon Valley
- Papegaaiberg
- Simonsberg-Stellenbosch
- Jonkershoek Valley
- Banghoek
District home to the KWV (founding partner in SAWIT)
Paarl (“pearl”)
Paarl district’s largest producer
Nederburg
- Over 40 bottlings in its range
- 1st house to produce a botrytised dessert wine in South Africa
1st house to produce a botrytised dessert wine in South Africa
Nederburg
- Paarl district’s largest producer with over 40 bottlings in its range
1st year of the Nederburg Wine Auction
1975
Year Franschhoek Valley acheive status as a separate district apart from Paarl
2010
- 2012 - Wellington followed with its own district status
Grape used to make Constantia
Muscat Blanc a Petits Grain
- aka Muscat de Frontignan or Muscadel
2nd most planted white grape in South Africa
Chardonnay
- after Chenin Blanc
Cape Doctor
- Strong SE wind that blows through the Western Cape in the Spring and Summer
- Inhibits fungal disease and moderates temperatures
Teinturier grape used in Constantia
Pontac
Hanepoot
Muscat of Alexandria
River that runs through the Northern Cape
Orange River