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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 ISBN 0-7566-1324-8〕 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 Overberg). Under these are clustered districts (like Walker Bay) and within them are wards (such as Elgin). Although these are geographic units, regions and districts are largely traced by political boundaries (wards are the segment most defined by unique, ''Terroir'' characteristics).〔J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 162-163 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0-19-860990-6〕 ==Geographical units== *Western Cape - A large multi-regional designation covering every appellation except those in the Northern Cape. *KwaZulu-Natal - The whole Province was designated as a Geographical Unit in August 2005. *Eastern Cape - The Eastern Cape Province was designated South Africa’s newest wine region in 2009. *Limpopo *Northern Cape 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wine regions of South Africa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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