Northern Cape Large and sparsely populated, the Northern Cape geographical unit has three wards and one district, but no region. It includes the hottest and most northern growing areas and accounts for about 12% of production, mostly in bulk wine, with some notable fortified dessert wines. The Orange River is the chief water source, since there is usually little rain, though most of it falls in spring and summer. White grapes predominate, but as elsewhere, red plantings are increasing. The principal ward is Lower Orange, and the northernmost is Hartswater. Near Kimberley, where diamonds were discovered around 1870, is Rietrivier Free State. Southwest of Rietriver is the Douglas district, where the Douglas Cellar cooperative is the only winery.

(Northern Cape, South Africa)

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