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South Africa’s growing taste for premium drinks fuels festive ‘spirits’
The festive season presents a major opportunity for South Africa’s On Premise sector as consumers plan to celebrate with premium drinks, according to the new CGA by NIQ On Premise User Survey (OPUS).
Fairs, Simei rewards Innovation: winners of the 2024 “Lucio Mastroberardino” Innovation Challenge announced
The winners of the 2024 "Lucio Mastroberardino" Innovation Challenge, the SIMEI competition (Fiera Milano Rho, 12-15 November) focusing on the most interesting innovations in technology applied to the wine and beverage supply chain, were unveiled today.
Fairs, SIMEI: Made in Italy exports of machinery for beverages, oenology and bottling soar. Boom from non-EU countries in 2023 (+18% on 2022)
The processing of ISTAT data by the Unione Italiana Vini (Uiv) Wine Observatory, carried out on the occasion of the 30th edition of SIMEI (Fiera Milano Rho, 12-15 November), shows last year's balance sheet at +18,5% compared to 2022 – which had almost broken even with 2019 – and +13.2% compared to the pre-pandemic performance.
Local Chardonnay is on the rise
If you were to name Chardonnay as South Africa’s fastest growing category in 2024, you’d be right. According to Head of Insights and Business Advisory at Vinimark, Oelof Weideman, ‘Retailers are becoming more open to stocking Chardonnay and there are currently 504 Chardonnay products available at major retailers in South Africa. That’s 11 more than there were four years ago.’
Announcing the birth of Organic Wines South Africa
The members of Organic Wines South Africa are delighted to announce the formation of their Association. Created formally on 4th September 2024, and encompassing the core, established, certified-organic wine Estates of South Africa, the objective of the Association will be to broadly market the merits of sustainability in our agricultural processes and of the non-chemical production methods of our wines.
RS launches high-level report into the food and beverage industry
RS South Africa, a trading brand of RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a global provider of product and service solutions for industrial customers, has released a new high-level report into the food and beverage (F&B) industry from a European, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) perspective, highlighting key challenges and insights from industry leading experts.
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