South Africa Flashcards
What are the GI’s of South Africa? (6)
Northern Cape Eastern Cape Western Cape Kwazulu Natal Limpopo Free State
What are the units of size for South African Wine Regions?
Geographical Unit
Region
District
Ward
What are the Subregions of Free State?
1 Free Ward: Retrivier FS
What are the subregions of Limpopo?
0
What are the subregions of Kwazulu Natal?
2 Free Districts:
Central Drakensberg
Lions River
What are the Subregions of Eastern Cape?
1 Free Ward:
St. Francis Bay
What are the Subregions of Northern Cape?
2 Free Districts:
Douglas
Southerland Karoo
3 Free Wards:
Central Orange River
Hartswater
Prieska
What is the overarching region of the Western Cape? What Regions are considered to be within it?
The Cape Coast
The Coastal Region and Cape South Coast
What are the 6 Regions of the Western Cape?
Klein Karoo Cape South Coast Coastal Region Breede River Valley Olifants River Boberg (Over-region for Fortified wine)
What are the 2 Districts of Olifants River?
Citrusdal Mountains
Citrusdal Valley
What are the 2 districts of Klein Karoo?
Calitzdorp
Langeberg Garcia
What are the 3 districts of the Breed River Valley
Breedekloof
Robertson
Worcester
What District in Cape South Coast is showing significant quality development? Name 3 Producers
Walker Bay
Bouchard Finlayson
Hamilton Russell
Domaine des Dieux
What are the 7 Wards of Walker Bay district?
Hemel-en-Aard Valley Hemel en Aard Ridge Upper Hemel en Aard Bot River Sundays Glen Springfontein Rim Stanford foothills
What are the 9 Districts of the Coastal Region?
Cape Town Darling Franschoek Lutzville Paarl Stellenbosch Swartland Tulbagh Wellington
What is SIP?
Swartland Independent Producers
Name three members of SIP.
Eben Sadie Family
AA Badenhorst
Mullineux
Describe the SIP Oak regiment
Only a maximum of 25% new, only European Oak is permitted
Name two of the Authors who wrote about Vin de Constance
Charles Baudelaire, Jane Austen
What is the KWV? When was it formed?
1918, Ko-Operatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging Van Zuid Afrika
What year was the Wine Spirits Control act? What did it do?
1924, formalized KWV’s ability to fix minimum prices, determine areas of production, and establish production limits
When did Apartheid end?
1994
When did KWV become private?
1997
What is SAWIT? When was it formed? What did it do?
South African Wine Industry Trust, 1999
Empowered black workers after slave and apartheid labor practices
When was the Wine of Origin system introduced?
1973
How many grapes are approved for WO production?
Approx 75
What is the maximum size of a single vineyard with if it is designated on a bottle?
Less than 6 hectares
What is the IPW and what did it do?
Integrated Production of Wine Scheme
Offerred growers a voluntary means of certifcation when complying with sustainable practices.
What is South Africa’s southernmost district?
Cape Agulhas
What is are the two currents that moderate the temperature in the region?
Agulhas Current
Moves West from the Indian Ocean bringing warm water
Benguala Current
Moves north from the Antarctic Ocean bringing cold water
Most planted white grape?
Chenin Blanc (18% of total production)
What is Cape Riesling?
Crouchen Blanc, unrelated to Riesling
What is Hanepoot?
Muscat of Alexandria
What is the most planted red grape? What grape did it overlap?
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cinsault
What is the Teinturier graped linked to red wines of Constantia?
Pontac
What grape indigenous to Portugal is found in South Africa?
Tinta Barroca
What is the most recent district of the Coastal Region?
Cape Town, 2017
What is the most Northerly district of the Coastal Region?
Swartland
What does Buitenverwachting mean?
Beyond Expectations
What are the wards of Cape Town?
Hout Bay, Durbanville, Philadelphia, and Constantia
What three peaks surround Stellenbosch? What does Stellenbosch mean?
Simonsberg
Stellenbosch
Helderberg
Town of Oaks
Who makes ‘Trilogy’?
Warwick Estate
Who makes ‘Rubicon’?
Meerlust
Aside from Meerlust and Warwick estate, what are three producers that are well regarded in Stellenbosch?
Rust en Vrede
Neil Ellis
Kanonkop
What does Paarl mean?
Pearl
Who was first to produce a botrytised dessert wine?
Nederburg
What is the New Worlds oldest wine auction?
The Nederberg Wine Auction
Since 1975
What wine was first showcased at the 1975 Nederberg Wine Auction from South Africa?
Golden Liquid Nederberg Edelkeur
What are the regions under the Boberg designation?
Paarl, Franschhoek, Wellington, Tulbagh
What District is known for high quality Cap Classique production? what Region is it in?
Robertson
Breed River Valley
What are the six districts of Cape South Coast?
Overberg Elgin Walker Bay Cape Agulhas Plettenberg Bay Swellendam
