If you are interested in the latest, best informed opinion and info about the South African wine industry, you’ve come to the right place! Winemakers, viticulturists, marketers and serious consumers turn to WineLand Media for up-to-date winemaking and viticulture articles, wine business trends and stats, news about social upliftment, learning and development, as well as some light hearted, tongue in cheek stories that embrace the spirit of the dynamic, often quirky spirit of the South African wine industry.
Read Wineland
TOPS at SPAR Wine Show release ground-breaking industry survey
During lockdown in June 2020, TOPS at SPAR Wine Show launched the single biggest wine consumer survey ever on behalf of the South African wine industry, the Great BIG Wine Survey. The North West University’s TREES (Tourism Research in Economics, Environs and Society)...
Diemersfontein shareholding creates better future for staff and school
Thokozani Staff Holdings, owned by 65 employees of Diemersfontein Wine and Country Estate in Wellington, recently bought fifty five percent (55%) shareholding in Diemersfontein Wines, the trading company of the Estate.
CWG and Nedbank’s ‘Buddy Project’ gathers momentum post-alcohol ban
The South African wine industry has suffered immense losses amidst a world pandemic and the government's drastic measures to curb the virus's spread. Finally, the plea to lift the third alcohol ban has been hearkened to, and the camaraderie between wine industry...
Nominations open for WineLand’s ’30 Under 30′ community
WineLand Media is looking for the next generation of wine industry role players, the youngsters to watch, the innovators and game-changers, the out-of-the-box-thinkers. This is a wake-up call to cynics who think they have seen it all. The young, creative and bold...
Germany champion project to save South African vines and future
Every wine tells a story or so the saying goes. For Imvini Wethu, a new wine from South Africa that was launched in February in Europe, it's a tale of adversity but also of unity and resilience – and the ability to facilitate change through tangible action. The idea...
Data shows R36 billion in lost revenue due to impact of three alcohol bans
An assessment of the economic impact of the three alcohol bans in 2020, including the five-week ban between 29 December 2020 to 2 February 2021, which tracks the cumulative impact on the alcohol industry was completed on 12 February 2021, revealed the damaging...
Read Winetech
Do smaller thiol increases have a significant sensorial effect?
Researchers from the South African Grape and Wine Research Institute and Department of Viticulture and Oenology at...
Minimising volatile phenols in wine
Wines produced from smoke-exposed grapes can exhibit unpleasant smoky, burnt or ashtray characteristics. This project...
Confronting Climate Change
A Boschendal case-study
The importance of solids in white wine making
Seeing that grapes are the raw material for wine the juice and solids, which it contains will play a role in the...
New developments in protein stability
Researchers looked to winery waste for the treatment of heat-unstable wines and conducted a preliminary study...
Pichia kluyveri yeast and its role in winemaking
The Pichia kluyveri yeast is desired for its ability to enhance volatile thiols and overall fruitiness in wine. ...
Our thoughts go out to the communities that are affected by the wildfires in the Stellenbosch region, including a number of wine grape farms. THANK YOU to all the fire fighters & other citizens working hard during this time.
Please assist where possible by following @StellMun https://twitter.com/Oldenburgwines/status/1365544143469035521
With so many friends and supporters checking in with us in light of the fire in the area, Adrian has an update on the situation at Oldenburg Vineyards.
Included is a very impressive time-lapse video, showing the movement of the smoke through the valley.
@emilejoubert Don’t think so. Nett farm income on a bottle retailing for R45 was a mere 77 cents, before recent 16% wage increase & 15% electricity that is adding another 15 cent - eroding the margin further. This vs Government “risk free” income of R10,04/bottle #notsustainable
Quote from @Vinpro: ''Of an average bottle of wine sold at R45, government earns R10.04 from excise duty and VAT, compared to wine grape producers earning a net farming income of 77c per bottle.'' - think about that... how can they possibly remain profitable?
Thank you for supporting us
If you are interested in the latest, best informed opinion and info about the South African wine industry, you’ve come to the right place! Winemakers, viticulturists, marketers and serious consumers turn to WineLand Media for up-to-date winemaking and viticulture articles, wine business trends and stats, news about social upliftment, learning and development, as well as some light hearted, tongue in cheek stories that embrace the spirit of the dynamic, often quirky spirit of the South African wine industry.
Read Wineland
Diemersfontein shareholding creates better future for staff and school
Thokozani Staff Holdings, owned by 65 employees of Diemersfontein Wine and Country Estate in Wellington, recently bought fifty five percent (55%) shareholding in Diemersfontein Wines, the trading company of the Estate.
Rare Meerlust red promises drinking pleasure
Respected 18th century Cape wine estate Meerlust in Stellenbosch has once again honoured its commitment to...
Master Distiller to be inducted into Hall of Fame
Whisky Magazine announced that Andy Watts, Distell Master Distiller of a range of proudly South African whiskies,...
Reinventing the tourism wheel
The global pandemic has brought the tourism sector to its knees. How will this billion rand industry recover?
Read Winetech
Do smaller thiol increases have a significant sensorial effect?
Researchers from the South African Grape and Wine Research Institute and Department of Viticulture and Oenology at...
Minimising volatile phenols in wine
Wines produced from smoke-exposed grapes can exhibit unpleasant smoky, burnt or ashtray characteristics. This project...
Confronting Climate Change
A Boschendal case-study
The importance of solids in white wine making
Seeing that grapes are the raw material for wine the juice and solids, which it contains will play a role in the...
Our thoughts go out to the communities that are affected by the wildfires in the Stellenbosch region, including a number of wine grape farms. THANK YOU to all the fire fighters & other citizens working hard during this time.
Please assist where possible by following @StellMun https://twitter.com/Oldenburgwines/status/1365544143469035521
With so many friends and supporters checking in with us in light of the fire in the area, Adrian has an update on the situation at Oldenburg Vineyards.
Included is a very impressive time-lapse video, showing the movement of the smoke through the valley.
@emilejoubert Don’t think so. Nett farm income on a bottle retailing for R45 was a mere 77 cents, before recent 16% wage increase & 15% electricity that is adding another 15 cent - eroding the margin further. This vs Government “risk free” income of R10,04/bottle #notsustainable
Quote from @Vinpro: ''Of an average bottle of wine sold at R45, government earns R10.04 from excise duty and VAT, compared to wine grape producers earning a net farming income of 77c per bottle.'' - think about that... how can they possibly remain profitable?
Thank you for supporting us
winelandmedia