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Who is ultimately responsible for a task?
If your business runs smoothly, there is nothing to worry about. When things start to go wrong, however, and someone in the team suddenly falls ill or goes on leave, we quickly ask the question: Who is the substitute for this person?
By Pieter Badenhorst · 6 min read
Simply said, science communication made easy
The wine industry relies on cutting-edge technology to compete internationally. The transfer of scientific research and technology is important for application
By Lee-anne · 6 min read
“SA Winemakers have risen to the challenge" | Q&A with Michael Fridjhon
As chairman and convener of the annual Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, Michael Fridjhon is widely recognised as South Africa’s foremost wine taster and wine judge.
By Anton Pretorius · 7 min read
Guidelines for making compost using winery solid wastes
This article gives guidelines that can be used by wineries or composting plants to make compost using wine filter wastes, together with grape and vineyard mater
By Doronae · 12 min read
PYDA celebrates its class of 2019
The Pinotage Youth Development Academy (PYDA) celebrated its graduates in Stellenbosch on Friday 15 November.
By Johannes Richter · 2 min read
WC Minister of Agriculture welcomes Christo van der Rheede as executive director of Agri SA
Western Cape Minister of Agriculture Ivan Meyer has welcomed the announcement by the Board of Agri SA to appoint Christo van Rheede as its new executive directo
By SA Wine Industry · 1 min read
Reach for the stars at the Cap Classique Academy
On Cap Classique day in this celebratory 50th anniversary year, the Cap Classique Producers Association is delighted to share the birth of the Cap Classique Aca
By SA Wine Industry · 4 min read
Mining threat in the Overberg
The Agulhas Wine Triangle been rising in prominence as a popular wine tourism destination, featuring several internationally recognised cool-climate wine brands. Now decades of tourism and conservation work is being threatened by a mining application that was quietly announced earlier this year.
By SA Wine Industry · 7 min read
Notes on tasting
How does ‘Cat’s Pee on a Gooseberry Bush’ grab you? This could be one of wine tasting’s most (in)famous quotes. Occasionally, we do need to resort to brutal honesty or shock factor to describe wine, to define that which is rather difficult to pin down - even for a professional. If it were easy, we…
By Vinimark · 5 min read
Notes on tasting
Tasting wine as impartially as possible to evaluate its merits is separate from exercising personal preference and drinking wine for sheer enjoyment. For some consumers, the desire to graduate from casual drinker to aficionado is how ‘swirling, sniffing, spitting types’ are made.
By Vinimark · 5 min read
Kleine Zalze Backs New Tourism Guide Training Project for Stellenbosch
A new public–private tourism training initiative is set to address a shortage of professional tourist guides in Stellenbosch, while creating direct employment opportunities in one of the town’s fastest-growing economic sectors.
By Emile Joubert · 4 min read
Another year, another harvest
It is no secret that the harvest season brings challenges like working long hours and making a lot of decisions under pressure, causing fatigue and making it difficult to endure for the whole season. This article offers advice from the industry on how to cope with the workload and keep tempers…
By Pieter Badenhorst · 6 min read
