Young graduates launch their own wine brand
What started as a learning project has now become the development of a brand by a team of young Pinotage Youth Development Academy ( PYDA) graduates, the first of its…
SA wine producers expect smaller crop as harvest commences
With the 2022 harvest season on the horizon, South African wine grape producers expect a smaller wine grape crop, mainly due to a decrease in vineyards, high disease pressure and…
Vinpro heads to court to fight ongoing alcohol ban
The court case whereby Vinpro contests the approach followed by government towards liquor ban restrictions within the Disaster Management Act is set down for hearing in the Western Cape High…
Wine industry in a dire position, Vinpro study shows
The South African wine industry is at a tipping point, with many wine businesses, especially smaller companies and those under black ownership, facing potential closure in the next three to…
Vinpro launches application for an interim interdict to lift ban on wine sales in the Western Cape
Vinpro has launched an urgent interim interdict application to lift the ban on the sale of wine in the Western Cape in a bid to seek interim relief for wine…
Wine industry asked to submit comments on statutory measures
The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, has received a request from the wine industry, in terms of the Marketing of Agricultural Products (MAP) Act, 1996…
200-YEAR-OLD BOTTLE OF GRAND CONSTANCE BREAKS ALL EXPECTATIONS ON RARE WINE AUCTION
An extremely rare bottle of 1821 Grand Constance fetched nearly half a million rand at the Cape Fine and Rare Wine Auction in Stellenbosch on 22 May. The label has peeled in…
Slow and steady wins the race for SA wine industry’s 2020/21 grape season
According to the annual South African Wine Harvest Report 2021, wine lovers across the globe can enjoy outstanding wines from a much cooler and later 2021 wine grape season in…
Western Cape MEC of Agriculture Ivan Meyer calls for lifting of alcohol ban
Yesterday, I wrote to the National Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform, Thoko Didiza, to request her assistance in lifting the third ban on wine and other liquor sales.…