Ukufuna Kokuqala
Ikhulu le-17 liphawula ukuqala kwe- umkhakha wewayini in Iningizimu Afrika. Unyaka kwakungu-1655 lapho amagilebhisi okuqala atshalwa ngumhlali waseDutch. Ibhodlela lokuqala lakhiqizwa eKapa ngu-Jan van Riebeeck, umphathi wesiteshi sase-Dutch we-Dutch East India Company owafika ngo-1652 ukuzosungula isiteshi sokuqabula - ehlinzeka ngemikhiqizo emisha emikhumbi yabo yabathengisi eCape of Good Hope. Kungani kukhiqizwa iwayini? Kubonakala sengathi inhloso yebhizinisi lakhe kwakuwukuvimba amatilosi phakathi nohambo lwawo emigwaqweni yezinongo eya eNdiya naseMpumalanga. Ukuvuna kwakhe kokuqala kwaba ngoFebhuwari 2, 1659, iminyaka engu-7 ngemva kokufika (1652).
U-Simon van de Stel walandela u-Riebeeck, futhi wakwazi ukuthuthukisa ikhwalithi ye-viticulture futhi wandisa isibalo samahektare, kwasungulwa i-Constantia wine estate. Ekufeni kwakhe, i-winery yalala kwaze kwaba ngu-1778, lapho ithengwe nguHendrik Cloete.
Ngisho nangekhulunyaka le-18, amawayini aseNingizimu Afrika ayedumile futhi izicukuthwane zase-Europe zazikhetha lawa mawayini futhi yayiyintandokazi kaNapoleon Bonaparte. Amawayini amnandi avela e-Constantia athathwa njengamahle kakhulu emhlabeni ngekhulu le-18 nele-19.
Ngenxa yebanga, izinkinga zezombangazwe nezenhlalo, abalimi bayeka ukwenza iwayini, beshintsha inhlabathi emasimini ezithelo namasimu e-alfalfa ukuze bondle imboni ekhulayo yezimpaphe zezintshe. Njengoba isikhathi nezomnotho zishintsha, abalimi baqala ukutshala kabusha imivini, bekhetha amagilebhisi athela kakhulu (okungukuthi, Consault) kwathi ekuqaleni kwawo-1900 kwatshalwa kabusha imivini engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-80, ngeshwa, yakha “ichibi lewayini” -abakhiqizi, begxile kakhulu ubuningi phezu kwekhwalithi, benza iwayini elingadayiswa futhi balithela emifuleni nasemifudlaneni yendawo.
Nakanjani kube nokungalingani phakathi kokuhlinzekwa nokufunwa, okwenza amanani acindezelekile. Lesi simo esibucayi senza uhulumeni wasungula i-Kooperatieve Wiibouwers Vereiging Van Zuid-Afrika Bpkt (KWV) ngo-1918. Le nhlangano yajutshwa ukumisa imigomo namanani entengo yayo yonke imboni yewayini yaseNingizimu Afrika. Ukubhekana nokuchichima kwewayini, i-KWV ibeke imingcele ekukhiqizeni futhi yabeka amanani amancane, ikhuthaza ukukhiqizwa kwemikhiqizo namawayini aqinisiwe.
I-20th Century Mindful
Ngawo-1990, ubandlululo lwaphela futhi izimakethe zomhlaba zokuthengisa ngaphandle zavulwa amawayini aseNingizimu Afrika. Abakhiqizi bamukele i-viticulture entsha, amasu okwenza iwayini kanye nobuchwepheshe, bagxile eShiraz, eCabernet Sauvignon naseChardonnay. Ukuhlelwa kabusha kwe-KWV ebhizinisini elizimele kwavusa ukuqanjwa kanye nokwenza ngcono izinga, kwaphoqa abanikazi bezivini kanye nezindawo zewayini ukuthi baqhudelane futhi nokugxilwa kokwenziwa kwewayini kwasuka ekubeni yinani kuya kwekhwalithi. Ngo-2003, amaphesenti angama-70 amagilebhisi avunwa afinyelela emakethe yabathengi njengewayini.
Njengamanje, amahektha angama-93,021 ezivini akhiqiza amagilebhisi ewayini futhi ayalinywa eNingizimu Afrika endaweni engamakhilomitha angama-498 ubude. Izivini ezinkulu zigxile eduze neConstantia, Paarl, Stellenbosch kanye neWorcester. Kukhona amagama angaba ngu-60 ohlelweni lwe-Wine of Origin (WO) olwaqalwa ngo-1973 ngohlu lwezifunda eziqokiwe zokukhiqiza, izifunda kanye namawadi.
Amawayini e-WO kufanele aqukathe: FUNDA ISIHLOKO ESIPHELELE KUWINES.TRAVEL.
