description KWV Overview
KWV is a South African wine and spirits producer founded in 1918 as the Ko-operatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika, a winegrowers' cooperative. It was created during a period of overproduction and instability and later received statutory powers that gave it a major regulatory role in the national wine industry. Following deregulation, KWV developed into a commercial company producing wine, brandy, and fortified wine. Its operations are historically associated with Paarl in the Western Cape.
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What does KWV stand for, and when was it founded?
KWV comes from Ko-operatiewe Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika. South African wine farmers founded the cooperative in 1918 to stabilize the country's young wine industry. [KWV history](https://kwv.co.za/our-company/our-history/)
What statutory powers did KWV receive in the 1920s?
The KWV Act was passed in 1924 and assigned the organization administrative responsibilities, including the sole export and import of surplus alcohol. This gave KWV a major regulatory role in South Africa's wine industry. [KWV history](https://kwv.co.za/our-company/our-history/)
Is KWV known only for wine, or does it also make brandy?
KWV makes both wine and spirits, including brandy. Its official history records that it bottled its first commercial brandy in 1926. [KWV history](https://kwv.co.za/our-company/our-history/)
Where does KWV source grapes and make its wine?
KWV says it sources grapes from more than 50 farms and about 400 vineyard sites across the Western Cape. Its cellar facilities are in Paarl, where the Cathedral Cellar was built in 1930. [KWV overview](https://kwv.co.za/our-company/about-us/)
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