1. The Trinity vine from San Gabriel, California. This was a wild grapevine which was planted at the San Gabriel mission station where the grapes were used for wine making. At one stage it was regarded as the largest vine in the world.

2. A Black Acorn grapevine planted by the Reverend Charles Murray in the manse Garden at Reinet House in Graaff-Reinet in 1870.

3. The Black Hambro growing at Hampton Court Palace outside London. This vine was planted in 1768 and the cutting originated from Vaqlentines near Wanstead in Essex. At Hampton Court, although the vine grows in the soil, the trunk and shoots are protected in a green house.

4. The four cultivars Savagnin, Trousseau, Poulsard and Chardonnay originate from a vineyard which was kept by Pasteur in Arbois, France, and were used by him for experimental purposes. This research led to the discovery of micro-organisms, and to the role they play in the preparation of wine.

5. Four grapevines from Israel, the Gendali from Hebron, Shami and Tufachi from Bethlehem and the Mendour from Zafed, were selected from wild populations. They take the visitor back to Numbers 13 : 22,23 in the Bible: “They went first into the southern part of the land and came to Hebron….. They came to the valley of Eshcol and there they cut off a branch which had one bunch of grapes on it so heavy that it took two men to carry it on a pole between them.”