South Africa Flashcards
(236 cards)
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What is jerepigo?
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A vin de liqueur, usually made from Hanepoot ( Muscat of Alexandria)
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What is the South African synonym for muscat of Alexandria?
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Hanepoot
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What are the WO stipulations for listing blended varieties on a bottle?
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Vinification must occur seperately and each listed grape must comprise at least 20% of the wine.
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If a wine is listed as being from Constantia, what percentage of grapes must come from Constantia?
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100%
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IF an area of production appears on a label, what percentage of grapes must come from that stated area?
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100%
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What are the 4 types of production areas in South Africa
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Geographical units, Regions, Districts, Wards
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What is a cultivar?
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grape variety
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What is the Integrated Production of Wine Scheme?
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Voluntary means of certification for WO producers wishing to comply with sustainable environmental standards
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What are the 5 major geographical units of South Africa?
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Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu Natal, Limpopo, Free State
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What is Cape Riesling?
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Crouchen Blanc
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What is the most planted grape in South Africa?
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Chenin Blanc
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Pontac is an example of what style of grape?
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teinturier
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Crouchen Blanc is known as what in South Africa?
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Cape Riesling
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What is the term for traditional method sparkling wines in South Africa?
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Cap Classique
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What are the regions of the Western Cape?
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Coastal Region, Cape South Coast, Breede River Valley, Klein Karoo, Olifants River, Boberg
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What is the Cape Doctor?
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A notoriously strong south easterly wind that blows across the western cape throughout the spring and summer inhibiting fungal disease and moderating temperature but also ferociously battering the vines
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What are the districts of the Coastal Region
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Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Tulbaugh, Paarl, Franschhoek Valley, Wellington, Swartland, Darling
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List the wards of Stellenbosch
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Banghoek, Bottelary, Devon Valley, Jonkerhoek Valley, Papegaaiberg, Polkadraai Hills, Simonsberg-Stellenbosch
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Where is the Devon Valley?
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It is a ward of Stellenbosch
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Where is Jonkershoek Valley?
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It is a ward of Stellenbosch
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Where is Helderberg? What is its significance?
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Stellenbosch. It is a hot spot for wineries.
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Recommend a bordeaux style blend from Stellenbosch
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Warwick Estate ‘Trilogy’, Meerlust ‘Rubicon”
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What is the name of Warwick Estate’s top bottling?
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Trilogy
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What is the name of Meerlust’s top bottling?
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Rubicon
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What river runs through Paarl?
Berg River
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What are the wards of Paarl?
Simonsberg-Paarl
| Voor Paardeberg
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Who is the largest producer in Paarl?
Nederburg
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Where does Nederburg produce wine?
Paarl
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Who was the first to produce a botrytised dessert wine in South Africa?
Nederburg
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What are the wards of Swartland?
Malmesbury,
Riebeekberg,
St Helena Bay
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Which district was formerly part of Swartland?
Darling
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What wine is Darling most known for?
Sauvignon Blanc
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Where is Malmesbury?
Swartland
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Where is Riebeekberg?
Swartland
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Where does Chamonix produce wine?
Franschhoek Valley
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Recommend a producer from the Franschhoek Valley
Boekenhoutskloof
| Chamonix
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What districts are used for Boberg?
Paarl,
Franschhoek Valley,
Wellington,
Tulbaugh
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What are the districts of the Breede River Valley
Robertson,
Worcester,
Breedekloof
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Breede River Valley is considered a what?
Region
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Where is over half of the country semillon located?
Worcester
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What are the districts of Klein Karoo
Langeberg Garcia and Calitzdorp
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What are the districts of Olifants River Region
Citrusdal Mountain,
Citrusdal Valley,
Lutzville
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Where is Breedekloof?
Breedekloof is a district of Breede River Valley
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What is Worcester?
Worcester is a district of Breede River Valley
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Where is Cederberg?
Ceres Plateau
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Where are South Africa's highest elevation vineyards?
Cederberg
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What is Cederberg?
A ward of Ceres Plateau
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What are the districts of Cape South Coast?
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Overberg,
Walker Bay,
Cape Agulhaus,
Swellendam,
Plattenberg Bay,
Elgin
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Which district of Cape South Coast lies 250 miles to the east?
Plattenberg Bay
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What is Hemel-en-aarde?
A ward of Walker Bay
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Where is Bot River?
A ward of Walker Bay
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Recommend a producer from Walker Bay
Hamilton Russell
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Where is St. Francis Bay?
Ward of Eastern Cape
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What is Central Orange River?
Independent ward of Northern Cape along with Hartswater and Prieska
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Where is Raka Winery?
Klein River Ward of Overberg District
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Where is Swellendam?
Cape South Coast
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Where is Overberg?
Cape South Coast
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Where is Groenekloof
Darling. Quality Factor.
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What are the soils of Stellenbosch?
Vary from light and sandy on the western valley floor to heavier soils on mountain slopes and decomposed granite at the foot of the the mountains in the east. ( Granite and sandstone)
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What area in Stellenbosch is a hot spot for wineries?
Helderberg
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Recommend a bottle of sparkling wine from South Africa
Graham Beck Cap Classique Cuvee Clive 80/20 chardonnay pinot noir
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Where is Douglas?
Douglas is a district of Northern Cape, along with Sutherland Karoo
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where is Sutherland-Karoo?
Sutherland Karoo is a district of Northern Cape, along with Douglas
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What are the districts of Northern Cape?
Douglas and Sutherland Karoo
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What is Vredenal?
South Africa's largest cooperative based in Olifants River
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What is South Africa's largest co operative?
Vredenal
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What grape is Worcester known for?
Semillon. Half of the country's semillon is located here. along with colombard, chenin, and ruby cabernet.
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What is the Southernmost district in South Africa?
Cape Agulhaus
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What is the easternmost district of Western Cape?
Plettenberg Bay
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What style of wine is Klein Karoo known for?
Jerepigo, dessert wines
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What is the climate of Klein Karoo
semi arid climate. vineyards require irrigation. very fertile soils suitable for dessert wines.
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Where is Calitzdorp?
Klein Karoo
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What style of wine is Calitzdorp known for?
Port style wines. Plantings of Tinta Barroca, Touriga Nacional
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Where is Citrusdal Mountain?
Olifants River Region
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What is the northernmost district of Olifants River Region?
Lutzville by far
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What is the difference between Cape Riesling and Weisser Riesling?
Cape Riesling is Crouchen Blanc, while Weisser Riesling is used to distinguish it from Cape Riesling, but is actually riesling grown in OVerberg.
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What is the Black Southeaster?
A cold wind caused by a deep low pressure system over the cape, which brings tempers the temperature during the summer but otherwise brings rain and can increase the pressure of rot and other fungal diseases in Overberg
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What district is directly east of Overberg?
Swellendam
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What styles of wine is Tulbaugh known for?
Cap Classique
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Which region is becoming known for Cap Classique?
Tulbaugh
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What region is known as the 'Town of Oaks'?
Stellenbosch
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What is the most planted white in Stellenbosch?
Sauvignon Blanc
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Where is the Bot River?
Ward of Walker Bay. Renowned for its cool maritime microclimate, which is influenced byits proximity to the lagoon and Walker Bay. Cool afternoon winds blow up the valley from the sea.
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List two wards of Walker Bay
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Hemel-en-Aarde Valley,
Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge,
Upper Hemel en Aarde Valley,
Sunday's Glenn,
Stanford Foothills,
Bot River
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What is the sole ward of Cape Agulhaus?
Elim
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Where is Elim?
Cape Agulhaus
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What is the sole ward of Darling?
Groenekloof
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Where is St. Helena Bay?
Swartland
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What are the two wards of Paarl?
Simonsberg-Paarl,
| Voor Paardeberg
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What is the Ceres Plateau?
An independent district, directly east of Tulbaugh and north of Worcester
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What is the St. Francis Bay?
Single ward of Eastern Cape
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Where is Retrievier FS?
Free State
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Where is Hartswater?
Independent ward of Northern Cape
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List a ward of Northern Cape
Hartswater,
Central Orange River,
Prieska
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True or False: Cederberg is an independent ward of Coastal Region
False. Independent ward of Olifants River Region
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Who is Professor Abraham Perold?
Developed Pinotage
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What year did Apartheid end?
1994
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What year was the WO started?
1973
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What year was the KMW formed?
1918
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When were the first vines planted in South Africa?
1655
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What are the crossings for Ruby Cabernet?
Cabernet Sauvignon x Carignan
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What is the Benguela Current?
Current that flows northward from the Southpole cooling the regions close by,
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Single vineyard wine may be used for wines sourced solely from vineyards of what size?
Less than six hectares
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What two districts were repealed in 2017?
Tygerberg and Cape Peninsula
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What are the wards of Cape Town?
Constantia,
Hout Bay,
Durbanville,
Philadelphia
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What are the soils of Constantia?
Granite and Sandstone
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What are Constantia Estates?
Groot Constantia,
Klein Constantia,
Buitenverwachting
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What is the most planted grape in Cape Town? (Constantia)
Sauvignon Blanc
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Where does Jackson Family Estate produce wine?
Stellenbosch. Capensis is a top rated Chardonnay
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Where does Jordan Estate produce wines.
Stellenbosch. Nine Yards Chardonnay.
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Where does Ken Forrester produce wine?
Stellenbosch
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What river runs through Paarl and is used for irrigation?
Berg River
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Where is the Berg River?
Paarl
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What mountains surround Stellenbosch?
Simonsberg,
Stellenbosch,
Drakenstein,
Franschoek
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What is SIP? What do they do?
Swartland Independent Producers. They promote naturally produced wines that show a sense of place in Swartland
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What are the soils of Swartland?
Table Mountain Sandstone and Malmesbury Slate
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Where does Vilafonte produce wine?
Franschhoek Valley. Joint venture between Zelma Long and Phil Freese with Michael ratcliffe of warwick estate.
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Where deos Wetshof Estate produce wine?
Robertson,
| Bateleur Chardonnay
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What are the wards of Worcester?
Hex River Valley,
Nuy,
Scherpenheuvel
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What is the most important Brandy producing area?
Worcester
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What does Oude Meester produce?
Brandy
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What does Van Ryn produce?
Brandy
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What are the wards of Breedekloof?
Goudini and Slanghoek
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Where is Slanghoek?
Breedekloof
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Where is Bamboes Bay?
Olifants River Region
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What are the independent wards of Olifants River Region?
Bamboes Bay,
Spruitdrift,
Vredendal
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Where is Spruitdrift?
Olifants River Region
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Where is Vredendal?
Olifants River Region
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Where does Andrew Gunn produce Iona?
ELgin
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Where does Ataraxia produce wine?
Elgin
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Where does Raka winery produce wine?
Klein River in Overberg
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What are the wards of Overberg?
Theewater,
Klein River,
Elandskloof, Greyton (The KEG HAS GONE OVERBOARD)
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Where is Sunday's glenn?
Walker Bay
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What are the wards of Walker Bay?
Bot River,
Hemel en Aarde Valley,
Upper Hemel en Aarde Valley,
Stanford Foothills, Sunday's Glen
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Where is the Stanford Foothills?
Walker Bay
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What is Central Drakensberg?
A district of Kwazulu Natal
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What is the sole district of Kwazulu Natal?
Central Drakensberg
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What body of water lies west of Stellenbosch?
False Bay.
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How much production must an Independent producer in Swartland bottle themself as a SIP member
80%
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What are 3 requirements of SIP members?:
Must have a base in Swartland, bottle 80% of wine himself in glass.
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What are the 3 independent wards of Northern Cape
Central Orange River, Hartswater, Prieska ( Hart Moede and Russian Word)
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Tell me about Stellenbosch.
So you need to understand that South Africa based on its latitude makes for a very warm climate, hence the arid regions of Klein Karoo, and the regions that are removed from the coast. Secondly its very mountainous.
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Constantia lies on the southern slopes of what mountain range?
Table Mountain Range
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What are the 4 mountains that surround Stellenbosch
Franschoek,
Drakenstein,
Simonsberg,
Stellenbosch
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What is the river that Stellenbosch was founded around?
Eerste River
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Independent wards of Olifants River Region?
Bamboes Bay,
Spuritdrift,
Vredendal
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What does Swartland mean?
The Black Land, a reference to the Rhino Bush that grows in the area.
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Where does Stellenbosch derive its name?
Simon Van der Steel
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Who discovered the first vineyard in Cape Town?
Jan Van Riebeeck of the Dutch East india Company
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What's the name for Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains in South Africa?
Muscat de Frontignan
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What is the KWV? Detail its role in South Africa's wine industry.
Ko-operatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika.
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When the KWV formed?
1918
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What is SAWIT?
South African Wine Industry Trust
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What is SAWIS?
South African Wine Information & Systems
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What is WO?
Wine of Origin
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When the WO established?
in 1973
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What's the min % of the stated grape for WO status?
85%
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What's the rule for blend wine for WO status?
1. must be vinified separately
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What's the min % of the stated vintage for WO status?
85%
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What's the min % of the grapes from the stated area for WO status?
100%
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Name 4 types of production areas.
1. Georgraphical Unit
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What's the rule for single vineyard in WO?
1. must be single vineyard
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What is the IPW?
Integrated Production of Wine Scheme
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Name six geographical areas in South Africa.
1. Western Cape
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Name the Regions of the Northern Cape.
None
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Name all Districts of the Northern Cape without region.
1. Douglas
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Name all Wards of the Northern Cape without districts.
1. Central Orange River (formerly Lower Orange)
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Name All Regions of the Eastern Cape.
None
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Name all Districts of the Eastern Cape.
none
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Name all Wards of the Eastern Cape.
St. Francis Bay
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Name all Regions of the Western Cape.
1. Boberg River Region
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Name 3 Districts of the Breede River Valley Region.
1. Breedekloof
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Name all wards within Breedekloof.
1. Goudini
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Name all wards within Robertson.
1. Agterkliphoogte
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Name all Wards within worcester.
1. Hex River Valley
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Name all Districts within cape south Coast.
1. Cape Agulhas
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Name Wards within Cape Agulhas.
1. Elim
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Name Wards within Overberg
1. Elandskloof
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Name wards within Swellendam.
1. Buffeljags
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Name wards within Walker Bay.
1. Hemel-en Aarde Valley
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Name Wards within Cpae South Coast without a district.
1. Herbertsdale
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Name all district of Coastal Region.
1. Cape Town
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Name all Wards within cape town.
1. Constantia
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Where is Constantia ward?
in Cape town district,
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Name all Wards within Darling.
1. Groenekloof
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Name all wards within Paarl.
1. Simonsberg-Paarl
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Name all wards within stellenbosch.
1. Banghoek
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Name all wards within Swartland.
1. Malmesbury
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Name all Wards within Wellington.
1. Blouvlei
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Name all districts of Klein Karoo.
1. Calitzdorp
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Name all wards within Klein Karoo without District..
1. Montagu
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Name all Districts of Olifant River Region.
1. Citrusdal Mountain
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Name all Wards within Citrusdal Mountain.
1. Piekenierskloof
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Name all Wards within Lutzville Valley.
1. Koekenaap
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Name all wards of Olifants River Region without District.
1. Bamboes Bay
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Name all Districts of the Western Cape without a region.
1. Ceres Plateau
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Name all Wards of the Western Cape without a district.
1. Cedersberg
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Name all Districts of the Kwazulu Natal without a region.
1. Crentral Drakensberg
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Name all wine regions of the Free State.
Rietrivier FS (Ward without a district)
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Which Geographic areas does not have any production area?
Limpopo
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What's the climate in Western Cape?
Mediterranean Climate
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What is the cape doctor?
wind that blows across the Western Cape throughout the spring and summer
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What is the name of the strong southeasterly wind across the Western Cape?
The Cape Doctor
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What's the Cape's southernmost district?
Cape Agulhas
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What's the coolest wine region in South Africa?
Cape Agulhas
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what's the local name of chenin blanc in South Africa?
Steen
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What is Cape Riesling?
A synonym for Crouchen Blanc unrelated to Riesling.
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What is Crouchen Blanc grape called in South Africa?
Cape Riesling
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What is Muscat of Alexandria called in South Africa?
Hanepoot
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What is Hanepoot?
A South African synonym for Muscat of Alexandria
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Who developed pinotage?
Abraham Perold in 1925
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What is the pontac?
It is one of the old reds of Constantia and is a teinturier
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Name a teinturier grape found in the South Africa
Pontac
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Name a teinturier grape found in the US
Alicante Bouschet
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What's the traditional method sparkling wines called in south africa?
Cap Classique
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What is Cap Classique?
Traditional method sparkling wine from South Africa
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Name two fortified wine called in south africa.
1. Cape Port
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What's the most recent district in Coastal Region?
CApe Town
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What's the name of the decomposd granite slopes in Cape town?
Constantiaberg
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Name three wineries that produces historic constantia wine.
1. Groot Constantia - Grand Constance Muscat
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What is the Town of Oaks?
Stellenbosch
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Name two most planted varietals in Stellenbosch.
1. Cabernet Sauvignon
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What's the climate of Stellenbosch?
Maritime influenced climate
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Name one producer of pinotage?
Kanonkop
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Name a famous producer who produced the first botrytised dessert wine in South Africa.
Nederburg from Paarl district
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What's the name of wine auction in south africa?
Nederburg wine Auction
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Which region only produces fortified wine in Paarl?
Boberg region
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Which district produces most Semillon grapes in South AFrica?
Worcester in Breede River Valley
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What's the main wine of the Breede River Valley?
Shiraz
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What's the main wine of the Klein Karoo?
Fortified and sweet wine from Muscat grape
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What's the South Africa's largest co-op winery?
Vredendal in Olifants River Region
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Which District has South Africa's highest elevation vineyards?
Cederberg district in Olifants River Region
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What's the most promising varieties in Walker Bay?
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
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What's the most promising varieties in Overberg?
Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc
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Name 3 Chenin Blanc from Stellenbosch.
1. Ken Forrester FMC Chenin Blanc $40
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Name 2 Cabernet Sauvignon from south africa.
1. Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon from stellenbosch $35
