South Africa

Question 1

What are the areas of the northern cape?

Answer 1

This is South Africa, 5 areas

• the Douglas distric
• Sutherland-Karoo district
• independent Hartswater ward
• Central Orange River ward
• Rietrivier FS ward

Question 2

Where’s Constantia?

Answer 2

It’s a ward of the Coastal Region

Famous for the it’s sweet wines, the first from the new world to be on the European courts

Question 3

Who’s responsible for reviving Constantia wines in modern times?

Answer 3

•Groot Constantia, one of the original estates, was sold to

Hendrik Cloete,

who renovated the property and brought international acclaim to the wines.

Question 4

What’s Vin de Constance?

Answer 4

•Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains (also known in South Africa as Muscat de Frontignan or Muscadel)

and its red-berried variant provided the base for white and red versions of Vin de Constance, a dried grape wine sold in the early 1800s to a plethora of dignitaries,

Question 5

What’s Muscat de Frontignan?

Answer 5

It’s Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains,
In South Africa used in the Vin de Constance

AKA Muscadel

Question 6

What’s KWV?

Answer 6

It’s the “Ko-Op” that saved the south African wine industry, but in turn it favored large producers and low quality

• fixed minimum prices
• determined areas of production
• established production limits

Question 7

What has been one of the biggest problems for South African wines?

Answer 7

• diseases -everywhere
• location
• OVERPRODUCTION, which in turn lowers quality and prices

Question 8

What are SAWIT and SAWIS?

Answer 8

•SAWIT
South African wine industry trust
Helped to transition from apartheid

•SAWIS
South African wine information systems
Quality certifications

Question 9

In what year was the WO system introduced?

Answer 9

In 1973

Question 10

What’s a cultivar?

Answer 10

Grape variety in South Africa

About 75 approved in SA

Question 11

What are South Africa’s labeling laws?

Answer 11

85% cultivar and vintage

And if an area is listed 100% must come from that area

Question 12

What are the different production areas for South African Wine?

Answer 12

There are 4 from biggest to smallest

• Geographical Unit
• Region
• Distric
• Ward

Question 13

What’s the IPW?

Answer 13

Integrated Production of Wine Scheme

a voluntary means of certification for WO producers wishing to comply with sustainable environmental standards.

Sustainable standards

Question 14

What percentage of South African wine is sustainable?

Answer 14

About 85% of WO wine is IPW

Or “sustainable wine of origin”

Question 15

What are South Africa’s geographical areas?

*capes

Answer 15

• Western Cape
• Northern Cape
• Eastern Cape
• Kwazulu-Natal
• Limpopo.

Question 16

Name the subregions of the eastern cape

Answer 16

This is South Africa and there’s only one ward

•St Francis Bay

Question 17

Name her subregions of the Kwazulu-Natal region

Answer 17

This is a region in South Africa that contains no other subregions or wards, just like Limpopo

Question 18

Where’s Limpopo?

Answer 18

Limpopo is a region in South Africa and contains no other subregions or wards, just like Kwazulu-Natal

Question 19

What are the subregions of the western cape?

Answer 19

The western cape is the main production are of wine in South Africa and most WOs are located here, 6 in total

• Coastal Region
• Cape South Coast
• Breede River Valley
• Klein Karoo
• Olifants River
• Boberg.

Question 20

What’s the Benguela current?

Answer 20

It’s a cold air current that flows from Antarctica to cool the vineyards in the Mediterranean climate of Coastal areas

Question 21

What’s the Cape Doctor?

Answer 21

a notoriously strong southeasterly wind, blows across the Western Cape throughout the spring and summer, inhibiting fungal disease and moderating temperature—but also ferociously battering the vines.

Cold air in the western cape

Question 22

What’s special about Cape Agulhas?

Answer 22

This is South Africa, western cape

This is the most southerly and coolest distric in the country

Question 23

What type of wine could you expect from Orange River?

Answer 23

This is South Africa, northern cape and it’s the most northerly distric with a hot arid climate suitable mainly for bulk wines

Question 24

What’s South Africa’s most planted grape?

Answer 24

It’s chenin Blanc aka steen

The majority of South Africa’s wine is white

Question 25

What’s cape Riesling?

Answer 25

Unrelated to Riesling

It’s Crouchen Blanc

Question 26

What’s Hanepoot?

Answer 26

Muscat of Alexandria in South Africa

Question 27

What’s pinotage?

Answer 27

It’s a cross between

Cinsault x Pinot Noir

Question 28

What’s Pontac?

Answer 28

A tenturier grape

From South Africa linked to the old wines of Constantia

Question 29

What are the grapes for Cap Classique?

Answer 29

• Chardonnay

* Pinot Noir