Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Wines in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest wines in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 157 wines tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Champagne, Sparkling wine and Red wine lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 43k, and the largest, Champagne, reaches around 806k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each wine, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Pecorino (grape) 18k 43.4 48.1% Wine
27 Riesling 14k 35.2 64.9% Wine
28 Zinfandel 14k 48.5 59.0% Wine
29 Francis Ford Coppola Winery 14k 49.5 67.4% Wine
30 Syrah 13k 35.6 70.6% Wine
31 Treasury Wine Estates 12k 47.7 59.5% Wine
32 Burgundy wine 11k 43.0 67.9% Wine
33 Box wine 10k 40.1 75.3% Wine
34 Lambrusco 9.8k 48.3 44.2% Wine
35 Cabernet Franc 8.2k 38.8 69.4% Wine
36 Maceration (food) 8.1k 33.4 100.0% Wine
37 Chilean wine 8.1k 40.3 55.1% Wine
38 Provence wine 8k 42.1 86.2% Wine
39 Rice wine 7.6k 44.7 61.5% Wine
40 Gewürztraminer 7.4k 49.8 38.4% Wine
41 Pétrus (wine) 6.7k 38.6 45.2% Wine
42 Cava (Spanish wine) 6.6k 39.3 55.7% Wine
43 Grenache 6.5k 37.6 74.7% Wine
44 Vivino 6.1k 38.8 56.6% Wine
45 Wine Enthusiast Magazine 5.8k 39.4 56.8% Wine
46 Beaujolais 5.2k 48.0 49.3% Wine
47 Sangiovese 5k 48.6 40.1% Wine
48 Palm wine 4.9k 38.3 52.2% Wine
49 Chianti 4.4k 31.6 92.6% Wine
50 Mulled wine 4.2k 35.1 73.9% Wine

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular wines compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each wine by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest wine in South Africa?

Champagne currently leads with an estimated audience of 806k people in South Africa.

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