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Lighter and greener: premium Spier wines now available in cans
South Africa’s favourites — Sauvignon Blanc, rosé and Merlot — are now available from Spier in 250ml cans.
By SA Wine Industry · 2 min read
Esca in SA vineyards
Esca is a fairly unknown grapevine disease in South Africa, although the disease has probably existed locally for decades. This article discusses the causative
By Francois Halleen · 5 min read
Branding - Key to Asia
Asia offers significant opportunities for South Africa, but we need to get our branding and price points right. A frequent Rootstocker and runner-up at the youn
By Elona Hesseling · 2 min read
Back to basics
Wine producers need to join forces and focus on varietals such as Chenin Blanc and Pinotage to set Brand South Africa apart.
By Jana Loots · 5 min read
Do you speak Winese?
South African wineries are coming up with innovative ways to attract new consumers in the local market – one being replacing wine jargon with everyday language.
By Jana Loots · 6 min read
Flexcube: The new cooperage
Flexcube oxygen-permeable maturation vessels, known as New Generation Barrels, are now widely used across all major wine-producing markets where they co-exist with traditional oak barrels.
By Wanda Augustyn · 6 min read
Superiority with scale
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.
By Edo Heyns · 7 min read
The WISE way forward
The Wine Industry Strategic Exercise (Wise) is changing the wine and brandy landscape to assure a sustainably future for a robust, adaptable and competitive industry.
By Elona Hesseling · 8 min read
Thumbs up for Chenin
Boasting the most gold medals at this year’s Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, Chenin Blanc continues to impress. Edo Heyns highlights the judges’ key take-home messages.
By Edo Heyns · 3 min read
Wosa woos West Africa's golden child
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…
By Edo Heyns · 2 min read
Where to from here
In February this year I came to the unnerving realisation it was exactly 20 years since this young upstart rocked up to work in a winery for the first time. Unb
By Sandile · 3 min read
