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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How to read this list

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
51 Portuguese wine 4k 57.0 69.8% Wine
52 Pinot gris 4k 46.9 73.6% Wine
53 Port wine 3.5k 38.8 66.5% Wine
54 Tempranillo 3.3k 51.5 33.6% Wine
55 Loire Valley (wine) 3k 45.6 58.8% Wine
56 Château Margaux 2.9k 45.5 49.4% Wine
57 Barolo 2.7k 47.7 45.5% Wine
58 Cuvée 2.5k 47.6 72.4% Wine
59 Albariño 2.4k 48.6 45.4% Wine
60 Ice wine 2.4k 39.1 83.1% Wine
61 Nebbiolo 2.3k 49.6 37.9% Wine
62 Wine.com 2.3k 40.9 59.3% Wine
63 Opus One Winery 2.1k 48.9 42.7% Wine
64 Sémillon 2.1k 23.7 55.2% Wine
65 Barbera 1.9k 48.4 37.5% Wine
66 Rioja (wine) 1.9k 48.2 45.0% Wine
67 Majestic Wine 1.8k 50.8 55.7% Wine
68 Cheval-Blanc 1.7k 28.2 45.8% Wine
69 Stella Rosa 1.5k 38.4 67.1% Wine
70 Grand cru (food and drink) 1.4k 49.0 59.9% Wine
71 Nero d'Avola 1.3k 49.6 37.5% Wine
72 Straw wine 1.3k 40.1 50.8% Wine
73 Women & Wine 1.3k 42.3 53.9% Wine
74 Kumala Wine 1.2k 51.6 85.8% Wine
75 Amarone 1.1k 48.0 31.9% 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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