South Africa

Question 1

Tullbagh is a wine region in which country?

Answer 1

South Africa

Question 2

What animals ate so many grapes that they caused South Africa’s wine industry a problem in 2010?

Answer 2

Baboons

Troops of hungry baboons laid waste to many rows of vines in the Cape. They are a perennial site in and around the vineyards.

Question 3

Columella and Secateurs are wines from which South African region?

Answer 3

Swartland

Question 4

Year Constantia was founded

Answer 4

1685

Question 5

Two problems that hit the South African wine industry in the latter half of the 19th Century.

Answer 5

Phylloxera and powdery mildew.

Question 6

What year did the Ko-operatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika (KWV) form

Answer 6

1918

Question 7

What year was the Wine of Origin system introduced

Answer 7

1973

It requires the wine to show the correct organoleptic qualities for its cultivar (variety) and age. The wine also undergoes scientific analysis.

Question 8

South Africa’s wine-producing areas are divided into six large geographical areas:

Answer 8

Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Free State.

Question 9

Most South African wine production occurs in what area?

Answer 9

The Western Cape

Question 10

South Africa’s most prominent winemaking region.

Answer 10

Stellenbosch

Question 11

Who makes “Trilogy”

Answer 11

Warwick Estate

Question 12

Who makes “Rubicon”

Answer 12

Meerlust

Question 13

Kanokop, Rust in Vrede and Neil Ellis are highly regarded producers in what district?

Answer 13

Stellenbosch

Question 14

Largest producer in Paarl

Answer 14

Nederburg - also the first house to produce a botrytised dessert wine in South Africa

Question 15

Primary varietals in Paarl

Answer 15

Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Pinotage, Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay

Question 16

Primary varietals in Stellenbosch

Answer 16

Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc are the district’s two most planted varietals, followed by Merlot, Shiraz, and Chenin Blanc

Question 17

The Boberg Region exists only for what styles?

Answer 17

Fortified wines from Paarl, Tulbagh, Wellington, and Franschhoek Valley.

Question 18

Which of the following is the oldest of the Cape’s winegrowing areas?

Answer 18

Constantia

Question 19

In which century were the first vineyards planted in South Africa?

Answer 19

17th

Question 20

Methode Cap Classique wines must be made with which sparkling wine techniques?

Answer 20

Traditional Method

Question 21

Steen is the local South African name for the ________ grape.

Answer 21

chenin blanc

Question 22

Which region surrounds South Africa’s Cape Town?

Answer 22

Coastal Region

Question 23

Citrusdal Mountain, Citrusdal Valley, and Lutzville Valley are districts within which WO region?

Answer 23

Olifants River region

Question 24

Eight Coastal Region districts

Answer 24

Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Paarl, Tulbagh, Darling, Franschhoek Valley, Wellington and Swartland.

Question 25

Kwazalu-Natal is a Geographical Unit, District, Region, or Ward?

Answer 25

Geographical Unit

Question 26

Simonsberg-Paarl is a Geographical Unit, District, Region, or Ward?

Answer 26

Ward

Question 27

Franschhoek Valley is a Geographical Unit, District, Region, or Ward?

Answer 27

District

Question 28

Klein Karoo is a Geographical Unit, District, Region, or Ward?

Answer 28

Region

Question 29

Breedekloof, Worcester, and Robertson are districts within which WO region?

Answer 29

Breede River Valley

Question 30

The Stellenbosch and Paarl WO districts are separated by _____ Mountain.

Answer 30

Simonsberg

Question 31

Muscat de Frontignan is also known as:

Answer 31

Muscat Blanc á Petit Grains

Question 32

Who is Abraham Izak Perold?

Answer 32

South African chemist and viticulturist who developed the Pinotage grape variety in 1925 through crossing Pinot noir and Cinsault. (Also, became the first Professor of Viticulture at the University of Stellenbosch and introduced a total of 177 grape varieties.)