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South Africa has no shortage of good wine, beautiful wine farms and very good dogs. #sadogsofwine celebrates the pooches living their best wine lives, whether they’re exploring the vineyards, snoozing in the cellar or simply soaking up the wine-farm life.
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JC Smith praat oor wynmaak in die Oos-Vrystaat
JC Smith is ’n derdegeslag-wynmaker. Sy oupa Dassie en pa Flip was albei wynmakers, en hy het tussen wingerde en wynkelders grootgeword. Hy is tans die wynmaker by Blydschap in die Oos-Vrystaat.
Bioprotection, from harvest to fermentation
In modern winemaking, bioprotection has emerged as an innovative and sustainable strategy to improve microbial control while reducing dependence on sulphur dioxide.
A certificate is not a career
The wine industry invests in training, but how do we know whether it is making people better at their jobs? South Africa Wine’s Kachné Ross believes the answer lies in looking beyond courses and qualifications to what people can do.
Who really runs Bruce Jack Wines?
Bruce Jack gets the name on the bottle. He is considerably less certain about who is actually in charge.
Safeguarding agricultural biosecurity through insect diagnostics
Insect diagnostics are managed through the Plant Disease Clinic (PDC), based at Stellenbosch University, and have emerged as a critical advisory service for South African agriculture. This article outlines the scope of samples analysed by the PDC, the services it provides and the role it will play…
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We cover the issues that affect the entire wine value chain, from vineyards, cellars and research to business, markets, people development, transformation, tourism, technology, sustainability and policy. We look beyond South Africa, too, bringing international developments and ideas home and asking what they mean for our industry.
