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Climate is a decisive factor for successful vine cultivation. Summers must be long and warm enough to ripen the grapes properly, with very little rain during the ripening period (to avoid various plant diseases). The winter months must be cold enough to ensure a period of dormancy for the vines, with an absence of late frost which would be detrimental to the young buds. Although grapes are grown only in limited areas of South Africa, they are grown on a great variety of soil types.

A grape is a non-climacteric fruit that grows on the vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, and grape seed oil.

A wide range of different varieties of the basic red and white types of grape-bearing vines have evolved. Known as .varieties. in most other wine-producing countries, they are generally referred to as .cultivars. in South Africa.

Commercially cultivated grapes can usually be classified as either table or wine grapes, based on their intended method of consumption. While almost all of them belong to the same species, Vitis vinifera, table and wine grapes have significant differences, brought about through selective breeding. Table grape cultivars tend to have large, seedless fruit with relatively thin skin. Wine grapes are smaller, usually seeded, and have relatively thick skins. Wine grapes also tend to be very sweet.

Raisins, currants and sultanas

In most of Europe, dried grapes are referred to as "raisins" with three commonly recognized varieties. These are referred to as "Dried vine fruit" throughout the EU.

A raisin is any dried grape.

A currant is a dried Zante Black Corinth grape. Currant has also come to refer to the blackcurrant and redcurrant, two berries unrelated to grapes.

A sultana was originally a raisin made from a specific type of grape of Turkish origin, but the word is now applied to raisins made from common grapes and chemically treated to resemble the traditional sultana.