South Africa

Question 1

What are the GI’s of South Africa? (6)

Answer 1

Northern Cape
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Kwazulu Natal
Limpopo
Free State

Question 2

What are the units of size for South African Wine Regions?

Answer 2

Geographical Unit
Region
District
Ward

Question 3

What are the Subregions of Free State?

Answer 3

1 Free Ward: Retrivier FS

Question 4

What are the subregions of Limpopo?

Answer 4

0

Question 5

What are the subregions of Kwazulu Natal?

Answer 5

2 Free Districts:
Central Drakensberg
Lions River

Question 6

What are the Subregions of Eastern Cape?

Answer 6

1 Free Ward:

St. Francis Bay

Question 7

What are the Subregions of Northern Cape?

Answer 7

2 Free Districts:
Douglas
Southerland Karoo

3 Free Wards:
Central Orange River
Hartswater
Prieska

Question 8

What is the overarching region of the Western Cape? What Regions are considered to be within it?

Answer 8

The Cape Coast

The Coastal Region and Cape South Coast

Question 9

What are the 6 Regions of the Western Cape?

Answer 9

Klein Karoo
Cape South Coast
Coastal Region
Breede River Valley
Olifants River
Boberg (Over-region for Fortified wine)

Question 10

What are the 2 Districts of Olifants River?

Answer 10

Citrusdal Mountains

Citrusdal Valley

Question 11

What are the 2 districts of Klein Karoo?

Answer 11

Calitzdorp

Langeberg Garcia

Question 12

What are the 3 districts of the Breed River Valley

Answer 12

Breedekloof
Robertson
Worcester

Question 13

What District in Cape South Coast is showing significant quality development? Name 3 Producers

Answer 13

Walker Bay

Bouchard Finlayson
Hamilton Russell
Domaine des Dieux

Question 14

What are the 7 Wards of Walker Bay district?

Answer 14

Hemel-en-Aard Valley
Hemel en Aard Ridge
Upper Hemel en Aard
Bot River
Sundays Glen
Springfontein Rim
Stanford foothills

Question 15

What are the 9 Districts of the Coastal Region?

Answer 15

Cape Town
Darling
Franschoek
Lutzville
Paarl
Stellenbosch
Swartland
Tulbagh
Wellington

Question 16

What is SIP?

Answer 16

Swartland Independent Producers

Question 17

Name three members of SIP.

Answer 17

Eben Sadie Family
AA Badenhorst
Mullineux

Question 18

Describe the SIP Oak regiment

Answer 18

Only a maximum of 25% new, only European Oak is permitted

Question 19

Name two of the Authors who wrote about Vin de Constance

Answer 19

Charles Baudelaire, Jane Austen

Question 20

What is the KWV? When was it formed?

Answer 20

1918, Ko-Operatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging Van Zuid Afrika

Question 21

What year was the Wine Spirits Control act? What did it do?

Answer 21

1924, formalized KWV’s ability to fix minimum prices, determine areas of production, and establish production limits

Question 22

When did Apartheid end?

Answer 22

1994

Question 23

When did KWV become private?

Answer 23

1997

Question 24

What is SAWIT? When was it formed? What did it do?

Answer 24

South African Wine Industry Trust, 1999

Empowered black workers after slave and apartheid labor practices

Question 25

When was the Wine of Origin system introduced?

Answer 25

1973

Question 26

How many grapes are approved for WO production?

Answer 26

Approx 75

Question 27

What is the maximum size of a single vineyard with if it is designated on a bottle?

Answer 27

Less than 6 hectares

Question 28

What is the IPW and what did it do?

Answer 28

Integrated Production of Wine Scheme Offerred growers a voluntary means of certifcation when complying with sustainable practices.

Question 29

What is South Africa's southernmost district?

Answer 29

Cape Agulhas

Question 30

What is are the two currents that moderate the temperature in the region?

Answer 30

Agulhas Current Moves West from the Indian Ocean bringing warm water Benguala Current Moves north from the Antarctic Ocean bringing cold water

Question 31

Most planted white grape?

Answer 31

Chenin Blanc (18% of total production)

Question 32

What is Cape Riesling?

Answer 32

Crouchen Blanc, unrelated to Riesling

Question 33

What is Hanepoot?

Answer 33

Muscat of Alexandria

Question 34

What is the most planted red grape? What grape did it overlap?

Answer 34

Cabernet Sauvignon Cinsault

Question 35

What is the Teinturier graped linked to red wines of Constantia?

Answer 35

Pontac

Question 36

What grape indigenous to Portugal is found in South Africa?

Answer 36

Tinta Barroca

Question 37

What is the most recent district of the Coastal Region?

Answer 37

Cape Town, 2017

Question 38

What is the most Northerly district of the Coastal Region?

Answer 38

Swartland

Question 39

What does Buitenverwachting mean?

Answer 39

Beyond Expectations

Question 40

What are the wards of Cape Town?

Answer 40

Hout Bay, Durbanville, Philadelphia, and Constantia

Question 41

What three peaks surround Stellenbosch? What does Stellenbosch mean?

Answer 41

Simonsberg Stellenbosch Helderberg Town of Oaks

Question 42

Who makes 'Trilogy'?

Answer 42

Warwick Estate

Question 43

Who makes 'Rubicon'?

Answer 43

Meerlust

Question 44

Aside from Meerlust and Warwick estate, what are three producers that are well regarded in Stellenbosch?

Answer 44

Rust en Vrede Neil Ellis Kanonkop

Question 45

What does Paarl mean?

Answer 45

Pearl

Question 46

Who was first to produce a botrytised dessert wine?

Answer 46

Nederburg

Question 47

What is the New Worlds oldest wine auction?

Answer 47

The Nederberg Wine Auction | Since 1975

Question 48

What wine was first showcased at the 1975 Nederberg Wine Auction from South Africa?

Answer 48

Golden Liquid Nederberg Edelkeur

Question 49

What are the regions under the Boberg designation?

Answer 49

Paarl, Franschhoek, Wellington, Tulbagh

Question 50

What District is known for high quality Cap Classique production? what Region is it in?

Answer 50

Robertson Breed River Valley

Question 51

What are the six districts of Cape South Coast?

Answer 51

``` Overberg Elgin Walker Bay Cape Agulhas Plettenberg Bay Swellendam ```