KWV, noun

Forms:
Also K.W.V.
Origin:
Initial letters of South African Dutch Ko-operatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging (van Zuid-Africa Beperkt).
1. The Co-operative Winegrowers Association of South Africa Ltd., established in 1918 to control, encourage, and develop wine production. Also attributive.
1932 Grocott’s Daily Mail 13 Jan. 2Grape juice, the new by-product of the vine, which has been so successfully manufactured by the K.W.V.
1967 W.A. De Klerk White Wines 104Today the K.W.V. exports its whites, like its dry reds, sherries, ports, muscadels and brandies, to the United Kingdom, and some thirty other countries.
1968 C.J. Orffer in D.J. Opperman Spirit of Vine 128Farms which do not have a K.W.V. quota, may not produce wine.
1972 House & Garden Feb. 100KWV Late Vintage..is slightly spritzig, and has a very fresh taste.
1978 Signature June 16Paarl is the headquarters of KWV, the cooperative Wine-growers association whose cellars are the largest in the world. KWV controls the export of spirits and wines in South Africa.
1979 S. Afr. Digest 14 Sept. 14KWV was established in 1918 as a result of farmers’ agitation against constant overproduction and the subsequent financial slump in the wine industry.
1988 D. Hughes et al. Complete Bk of S. Afr. Wine 32The ‘Ko-operatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika, Beperkt’ — the sonorous full title of what is commonly referred to as the KWV.
1988 D. Hughes et al. Complete Bk of S. Afr. Wine 34All transactions between merchants and producers had to carry the approval of the KWV; and all payments for wine had to be made through the organization...No person might produce wine except under a permit issued by the KWV.
1992 C.M. Knox tr. of E. Van Heerden’s Mad Dog 37A brace of chic little female media assistants draped around the table and a bottle of the KWV’s finest brandy.
2. transferred sense. Brandy distilled by the KWV.
1963 A. Delius Day Natal Took Off 130He walked abruptly to the door and called his driver: ‘Van Jaarsveld, bring that bottle of K.W.V.’ He came back bearing the bottle of brandy.
1980 M. Mzamane in Best of S. Afr. Short Stories (1991) 389Mazibuko has brought the bottle of our special K.W.V. What I like about this brandy is that it really has no hangover to speak of.
1982 M. Mzamane Children of Soweto 72Meikie produced a sealed bottle of KWV from her handbag...‘A stiff tot of this brandy will do him some good.’
1993 Sunday Times 12 Dec. 11The KWV flowed generously as the hopes and dreams of a peaceful future came spilling out.
The Co-operative Winegrowers Association of South Africa Ltd., established in 1918 to control, encourage, and develop wine production. Also attributive.
Brandy distilled by the KWV.
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