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Backsberg Family Wines Harvest Report 2025
Alicia Rechner, Backsberg's veteran winemaker now in her 30th harvest season, rolls it between her fingers before popping the small, oval fruit into her mouth to taste it - a decisive moment where numbers and measurements give way to experience and artistry.
By SA Wine Industry · 6 min read
Shortcut to value
Recent reports of an impending global wine shortage have stirred fears of empty shelves and dry cellars. But visions of a Blade Runner-like postapocalyptic world may be a little premature.
By Johannes Richter · 6 min read
#CapeWine2018: SA wines under one roof
Delegates from the global wine industry descended on Cape Town in September for the Cape Wine 2018 international trade show. This theatre spectacle showcases wh
By Carlin Cloete · 4 min read
State of the SA Wine Industry 2018/2019
The South African wine industry has entered a new phase of repositioning, consolidation and reinvestment. Climate change, shifts in production and demand and financial pressures have led to the industry becoming smaller and required producers and wineries to rethink the way they do business.
By Johannes Richter · 6 min read
South African wine industry ready to grow
South Africa’s wine and brandy industry is on a sustainable growth path, with a repositioned strategy and renewed focus.
By SA Wine Industry · 8 min read
Tim Atkin MW’s SA Special Report features two 100-point wines
“South Africa’s visceral attachment to the land is key to its rising wine success,” asserts Tim Atkin MW in his annual South Africa Special Report, in partnersh
By SA Wine Industry · 6 min read
HEINEKEN Beverages backs its wine brands with big plans
Emboldened by its early but striking success in revitalising flagship wine brand Nederburg, HEINEKEN Beverages is poised to begin a similar exercise with another of its super-premium labels, Durbanville Hills.
By SA Wine Industry · 7 min read
Tim Atkin MW crowns the finest in SA’s top wines
Tim Atkin MW, internationally acclaimed British Master of Wine, crowned his 2025 Wines of the Year, celebrating the finest South African wines from over 200 of the country’s leading producers.
By SA Wine Industry · 3 min read
Sunburn in the Paarl and Swartland regions
Producers in the Paarl/Swartland are familiar with sunburn, but the timing of a sweltering hot day on 25 December 2024 and preceding weather conditions led to significant losses in tonnage.
By Hanno van Schalkwyk · 6 min read
Yeast-derived acidification of white wines
Climate change is reshaping the wine industry. So how can we adapt and build a more resilient wine sector?
By Laffort · 7 min read
The podium is only half the story
Tim Atkin MW’s 2026 South Africa Special Report recognises some of the country’s leading winemakers, growers and producers. But beyond the podium sits a bigger story about place, the 2025 vintage and the economics of sustaining South Africa’s quality gains.
By Wanda Augustyn · 5 min read
