Ongoing advances in vineyard management together with very favourable climatic conditions in the lead-up to the 2013 harvest had produced an absolutely outstanding vintage for the Cape, according to Callie van Niekerk (left), who heads Distell's winery operations....
The first wines entitled to carry South Africa’s fully traceable new ethical seal have been announced by the Wine and Agricultural Industry Ethical Trade Association (WIETA)....
South Africa is mulling retaliatory measures to protect its centuries-old wine industry and counter job losses caused by a British retailers’ move to buy the product in bulk rather than in bottles, a trade official has said. ...
Mail & Guardian wine writer, Tim James, has conducted a wine poll among writers, sommeliers, wine masters and buyers at regular intervals over the past twenty years to gauge expert opinion on SA's finest wineries. He's done it again this year, and the results...
Two South African women have been shortlisted by a leading international research company for its line-up of the world’s most influential figures in wine over the past decade. ...
Since the 2009 recession, grape and wine consumers have opted to buy cheaper, leaving producers in a cost-price squeeze with income failing to keep up with rises in production costs, according to a recent study by wine producers’ body, VinPro....
The strong rand is hammering the competitiveness of SA manufacturing. The wine packaging industry is the latest to be hit....