Rosé all day
South African rosé is moving from summer sideshow to strategic staple. At CapeWine 2025, technical discussions...
Rosé all day
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Sunshine you can taste
Sunshine you can taste
At CapeWine 2025, South Africa’s export marketing organisation, Wines of South Africa (WoSA), unveiled a new brand...
Four decades of Vinimark
Four decades of Vinimark
After four decades of supporting the growth of South African wine, Vinimark enters its fifth decade with a new...
Measuring pesticide impacts
Measuring pesticide impacts
In a recent study, doctoral candidate from the LCE Environmental Chemistry Laboratory in France, Boulos Samia, and...
Innovation unboxed
Innovation unboxed
Local wine distributor Vinimark recently introduced an innovative concept that aims to simplify the consumer...
Facing down the tariff
Facing down the tariff
South Africa’s wine industry has once again found itself under pressure, this time from a punitive 30% tariff on...
Oxygen management in winemaking
Oxygen management in winemaking
Paul Gougis is an engineer in agriculture and the food industry with a technical diploma in viticulture and...
Q&A with Lydia Coetzee
Q&A with Lydia Coetzee
Lydia Coetzee is a South African wine strategist, storyteller, and connector with a sharp eye for brand potential...
The art of wine
The art of wine
A brand new partnership between auction house Aspire Art and Rueda Wine Co resulted in the sale of over R2 million...
Wines that stand the test of time
Wines that stand the test of time
“There is nothing like a good, old bottle of wine. It holds history and stories within its depths, waiting to be...
A new era for SA Sommeliers Association
A new era for SA Sommeliers Association
The South African Sommeliers Association (SASA) has recently elected its new board, and for the first time since...
Feet on the ground: the IWSC judges in South Africa
Feet on the ground: the IWSC judges in South Africa
Each year, the International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC) takes a panel of tasters to wine regions around...