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Wineries Of South Africa
This is a list of wineries in South Africa arranged by wine region. A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, bottling lines, laboratories, and large expanses of tanks known as tank farms. *Wine producing regions in South Africa include*: Barrydale, Breedekloof, Breede River Valley, Cape Point, Calitzdorp, Constantia, Darling, Durbanville, Elgin, Elim, Franschhoek, Ladismith, Little Karoo, Montagu, Orange River Valley, Oudtshoorn, Paarl, Robertson, Stellenbosch, Swartland, Swellendam, Tulbagh, Tygerberg, Wellington and Worcester, and Mosselbay. List of wineries in Constantia and Cape Point List of wineries in Durbanville List of wineries in Elgin and Walker Bay Kershaw wines List of wineries in Franschhoek List of wineries in Helderberg List of winer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wine Regions Of South Africa
The wine regions of South Africa were defined under the "Wine of Origin" (''Wyn van Oorsprong'') act of 1973. Mirroring the French ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) system, all South African wines listing a "Wine of Origin" must be composed entirely of grapes from its region.T. Stevenson ''"The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia"'' pg 445-446 Dorling Kindersley 2005 The "Wine of Origins" (WO) program mandates how wine regions of South Africa are defined and can appear on wine labels. While some aspects of the WO are taken from the AOC, the WO is primarily concerned with accuracy in labeling. As a result, the WO does not place adjunct regulations on wine regions such as delineating permitted varieties, trellising methods, irrigation techniques, and crop yields. The WO system divides growing regions into four categories. The largest and most generic are Geographical Units (such as the Western Cape region) which subsume the smaller, but still broad spanning Regions (such as Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
