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Vinitaly final

VINITALY wine show

Markets

This wine show featured 4,100 exhibitors from 30 countries (including South African exhibitors) and saw 130,000 trade visitors and 2,600 journalists in 2016.

Cork Supply SA

Confidence in every cork

Vineyard

Determined to offer unprecedented quality assurance to its customers, Cork Supply South Africa has developed a first-of-its kind dry soak system to detect and e

Editorial 1

Trendspotting into the New Year

Innovation and insights

“It’s been a long December and there’s reason to believe that maybe this year will be better than the last.”

Big challenges for bulk industry

Markets

A few urgent steps will have to be taken to make wine production sustainable. This was the core message at the Ibeta Bulkwine Seminar, which was presented in conjunction with VinPro.

Superiority with scale

Markets

Big brands that boast quality are known to boost entire regions. South Africa has been less successful at producing quality brands with sizable scale and top marketers agree that this is a real shortcoming.

Sand vs Brand

Business

Will Swartland sand also gain the same cult following and premium price its wine has enjoyed over the past decade?

Wosa woos West Africa's golden child

Trade

Ghana is a key economy in West Africa, having enjoyed over two decades of stability and growth. In addition to a growing domestic economy, it’s a key conduit for trade with neighbouring, landlocked countries. Wines of South Africa’s market manager for Africa, Matome Mbatha spoke to Edo Heyns about…