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Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

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Table 1 : Grape cultivars which may be used for the production of wine [Reg. 2]

 

Table 1

Grape cultivars which may be used for the production of wine

[Reg. 2]

 

Alicante Bouschet (Henri Bouschet)

Agiorgitiko

Alvarinho (Albariño)

Assyrtiko (Asyrtico)

Auxerrois

Barbarossa

Barbera

Barlinka

Bastardo do Castello

Bastardo do Menudo

Beogradska Bela

Beogradska Crna

Bourboulenc

Bukettraube

Cabernet franc

Cabernet Sauvignon

Carignan (Carinena)

Carmenère

Ceresa

Chambourcin

Chardonnay

Chenel

Chenin blanc (Steen)

Cinsaut (Cinsault)

Cinsaut blanc (Albatros)

Cinsaut gris

Clairette blanche

Colombar (Colombard)

Colomino

Cornifesto

Counoise

Crouchen (Riesling*; Cape Riesling; Kaapse Riesling)

Diamond Muscat

Donzellinho do Castello

Donzellinho do Gallego

Durif (Petite Sirah; Petite Syrah)

Emerald Riesling

Erlihane

Ferdinand de Lesseps

Fernão Pires

Furmint

Gamay noir

Gewürztraminer

Grachen

Graciano

Grillo (Riddo)

Grasa de Cotnari

Grenache (Rooi/Red Grenache; Grenache noir; Garnacha)

Grenache blanc (Wit/White Grenache)

Grenache gris

Grüner Veltliner

Harslevelü

Irsai Olivier (Irsay Oliver)

Kanaän (Belies; Canaän)

Kerner

Kristal

Lledoner Pelut

Malbec

Marsanne

Marselan

Merbein Seedless

Merlot

Meunier (Pinot Meunier)

Morio Muscat

Mourisco tinto

Mourvèdre (Mataro; Monastrell; Monastrel)

Müller-Thurgau

Muscat d’Alexandrie (Hanepoot; Muscat of Alexandria)

Muscat de Frontignan (Muskadel; Muscadel; Muscat blanc; White Muscadel; Wit

Muskadel; Muscat rouge; Red Muscadel; Rooi Muskadel; Muscat blanc á

Petit Grains)***

Muscat de Hambourg

Muscat Ottonel

Nebbiolo

Nero d'Avola

Nouvelle

Olasz

Palomino (Fransdruif; White French; Malvasia Rei; Listán blanc; Listón Blanco)

Pedro (Valse)

Petit Verdot (Verdot)

Pinotage

Pinot blanc (Weissburgunder)

Pinot gris (Pinot grigio; Rulander; Gruaburgunder)

Pinot noir

Piquepoul blanc

Pontak (Pontac; Teinturier male)

Raisin blanc (Gros Vert)

Riesling** (Weisser Riesling; Ryn Riesling; Rhine Riesling)

Roobernet

Roussanne

Ruby Cabernet

Sangiovese

Sauvignon blanc (Blanc Fumé; Fumé blanc)

Sauvignon Gris

Schönburger

Sémillon (Groendruif)

Seyval blanc

Shiraz (Syrah)

Souzào

Sultana (Sultanina; Thompson’s Seedless)

Summer Muscat

Sylvaner

Symphony

Tannat

Tempranillo (Tinta Roriz)

Therona

Tinta Amarella (Tinta Amarela; Trincadeira; Trincadeira Preta)

Tinta Barocca (Tinta das Baroccas)

Tinta Francisca

Touriga Franca

Touriga Nacional

Ugni blanc (Trebbiano)

Verdelho

Vermentino

Vidal blanc

Villard blanc

Viognier

Viura (Macabeo; Macabeu)

Weldra

Zanthe Korinthe

Zinfandel (Primitivo)

 

* This name (Riesling) may only be used for wine produced from the Crouchen grape cultivar until, and inclusive of, the 2009 grape harvest.

 

** This name (Riesling), may only be used for wine produced from the Weisser Riesling/Rhine Riesling grape cultivar as from the 2010 grape harvest.

 

*** Note for information purposes only: The name “Muscat de Frontignan” is a protected geographical indication in the territory of the European Union and may not be used on South African wine exported to that territory.

 

[Table 1 substituted by regulation 46 of Notice No. R. 5976, GG52263, dated 14 March 2025]