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

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Liquor Products Act: Regulations

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

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Alicante Bouschet (Henri Bouschet)

Alvarinho (Albariňo)

Auxerrois

Barbarossa

Barbera

Barlinka

Bastardo do Castello

Bastardo do Menudo

Beogradska Bela

Beogradska Crna

Bourboulenc

Bukettraube

Cabernet franc

Cabernet Sauvignon

Carignan (Carinena)

Carmenère

Ceresa

Chardonnay

Chambourcin

Chenel

Chenin blanc (Steen)

Cinsaut

Cinsaut blanc

Cinsaut gris

Clairette blanche

Colombar (Colombard)

Colomino

Cornifesto

Counoise

Crouchen (Riesling*; Cape Riesling)

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

Grasa de Cotnari

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

Grenache blanc (White Grenache)

Grenache Gris

Grüner Veltliner

Harslevelü

Irsai Oliver (Irsay Oliver)

*Kanaän (Belies; Canaän)

Kerner

Kristal

Malbec

Marsanne

Marselan

Merbein Seedless

Merlot

Meunier (Pinot Meunier)

Morio Muscat (Muscat; Moscato)

Mourisco tinto

Mourvèdre (Mataro; Monastrell)

Müller-Thurgau

Muscat d’Alexandrie (Hanepoot; Muscat; Moscato; Muscat of Alexandria)

Muscat de Frontignan

Muskadel; Muscadel; Muscat; Muscat blanc; White Muscadel; Wit Muskadel; Muscat rouge; Red Muscadel; Rooi Muskadel; Moscato; Muscat blanc á Petit Grains)***

Muscat de Hambourg (Muscat; Moscato)

Muscat Ottonel (Muscat; Moscato)

Nebbiolo

Nero d’Avola

Nouvelle

Olasz

Palomino (Fransduif; White French; Malvasia Rei; Listán blanc; Listón blanco)

Pedro (Valse)

Petit Verdot (Verdot)

Pinotage

Pinot blanc (Weissburgunder)

Pinot gris (Pinot grigio; Gruaburgunder)

Pinot noir

Piquepoul blanc

Pontak (Pontak; Teinturier male)

Raisin blanc (Gros Vert)

Riesling** (Weisser Riesling; Rhine Riesling)

Roobernet

Roussanne

Ruby Cabernet

Sangiovese

Sauvignon blanc (Blanc Fumé)

Schönburger

Sémillon (Groendruif)

Seyval blanc

Shiraz (Syrah)

Souzào

Sultana (Sultanina; Thompson's Seedless)

Sylvaner

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

Viognier

Viura (Macabeo)

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 section 15 of Regulations: Amendment under Notice No. R. 2247, GG46681, dated 8 July 2022]