South Africa: Winegrowing areas

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Published 2006

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South African wine country is divided into geographical units in which are regions, then districts, and then wards as in this table. For more explanation of their significance, see Wine of Origin below.

See separate articles on some of the most frequently encountered geographical names—coastal region, constantia, elgin, elim, franschhoek, groenekloof, klein karoo, olifants river, paarl, robertson, stellenbosch, swartland, tulbagh, walker bay, wellington, western cape, and worcester—although new areas are emerging all the time.

Production Areas Defined in Terms of the Wine of Origin Scheme

Geographical Unit	Region	District	Ward
Western Cape	Breede River Valley	Breedekloof	Goudini
			Slanghoek
		Robertson	Agterkliphoogte
			Bonnievale
			Boesmansrivier
			Eilandia
			Hoopsrivier
			Klaasvoogds
			Le Chasseur
			McGregor
			Vinkrivier
		Worcester	Hex River Valley
			Nuy
			Scherpenheuvel
	Cape South Coast	Cape Agulhas	Elim
		Elgin	No ward
		Overberg	Elandskloof
			Greyton
			Klein River
			Theewater
		Plettenberg Bay	No ward
		Swellendam	Buffeljags
			Malgas
			Stormsvlei
		Walker Bay	Bot River
			Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge
			Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
			Sunday’s Glen
			Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
			Stanford Foothills
		No district	Herbertsdale
			Napier
			Stilbaai East
	Coastal Region	Cape Peninsula	Constantia
			Hout Bay
		Darling	Groenekloof
		Franschhoek/	No ward
		Franschhoek
		Valley
		Paarl	Simonsberg-Paarl
			Voor Paardeberg
		Stellenbosch	Banghoek
			Bottelary
			Devon Valley
			Jonkershoek Valley
			Papegaaiberg
			Polkadraai Hills
			Simonsberg-Stellenbosch
		Swartland	Malmesbury
			Riebeekberg
			St Helena Bay
		Tulbagh	No ward
		Tygerberg	Durbanville
			Philadelphia
		Wellington	No ward
	Klein Karoo	Calitzdorp	No ward
		Langeberg-Garcia	No ward
		No district	Montagu
			Outeniqua
			Tradouw
			Tradouw Highlands
			Upper Langkloof
	Olifants River	Citrusdal Mountain	Piekenierskloof
		Citrusdal Valley	No ward
		Lutzville Valley	Koekenaap
		No district	Bamboes Bay
		No district	Spruitdrift
			Vredendal
	No region	Ceres Plateau	Ceres
		No district	Cederberg
			Lamberts Bay
			Prince Albert Valley
			Swartberg
Northern Cape	No region	Douglas	No ward
		Sutherland-Karoo	No ward
		No district	Central Orange River
			Hartswater
			Rietrivier FS
Eastern Cape	No region	No district	St Francis Bay
Kwazulu-Natal	No region	No district	No ward
Limpopo	No region	No district	No ward
	Boberg (region)—for use in respect of fortified wines from Paarl, Franschhoek, Wellington and Tulbagh

Source: SAWIS (20/01/2014)

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