Category
Wine of Origin
What the law says
Production areas nest from largest to smallest: geographical units, regions, districts, wards. A wine labelled with an origin must be made entirely from grapes from that area. Western Cape regions: Breede River Valley (3 districts, 15 wards), Cape South Coast (5 districts, 15 wards), Coastal Region (8 districts, 17 wards), Klein Karoo (2 districts, 5 wards), Olifants River (3 districts, 5 wards). Other geographical units include Northern Cape, Eastern Cape (designated 2009), KwaZulu-Natal (designated August 2005), Limpopo, Free State, North West.
- Law
- Introduced 1973 (KWV initiated it in 1972); now under the Liquor Products Act 60 of 1989
Source: en.wikipedia.org, kwv.co.za, winewithseth.com
Geographical units were added to the scheme on 2 April 1993. On 1 August 2023 the Wine and Spirit Board became the Wine Certification Authority under the Liquor Products Amendment Act of 2021.
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