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Before the first sip: What your wine bottle is already saying
A wine bottle protects what is inside. It also tells a story about the brand, influences how consumers perceive value and has implications for everything from production costs to sustainability. So, how much thought should go into choosing the right glass?
By Wanda Augustyn · 6 min read
How to attract wine tourists and bring them back
Delegates from the Cape’s wine, food and hospitality industries gathered at Spier near Stellenbosch for The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference to glean
By Carlin Cloete · 8 min read
Soil type effects on Sauvignon blanc wine quality in Elgin
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By Doronae · 9 min read
Adding a new dimension to food and wine
A good sommelier can turn an ordinary wine-and-dine event into something magical and truly memorable. But what role does the wine style have on the food choice?
By Carlin Cloete · 6 min read
Vineyard row orientation (Part 5) - unwooded and wooded Shiraz wine attributes
Wine chemical and sensory characteristics of differently orientated vertically trellised Shiraz grapevines (NS, EW, NE-SW and NW-SE rows) were investigated at t
By Kobus Hunter and Neels Volschenk · 18 min read
The value of healthy disagreements
Thirty years ago, with a lot of head-nodding and toeing the line, the “yes-man” or “yes-woman” was the stereotype of the ideal employee. Disagreements were perceived as conflicts and the focus would then shift to how to be cooperative and agreeable again.
By Santi Basson · 4 min read
Factors influencing knowledge uptake by practitioners - characteristics of the knowledge source
This second blog discusses the characteristics of the knowledge source and how it influences knowledge uptake.
By Karien O'Kennedy · 6 min read
Brand SA extends its warmest welcome to the world
CapeWine is not just another exhibition. It’s a stage where South Africa tells its wine story – who we are, what we stand for and why our wine matters.
By Wanda Augustyn · 5 min read
Sunshine you can taste
At CapeWine 2025, South Africa’s export marketing organisation, Wines of South Africa (WoSA), unveiled a new brand identity that embodies South Africa’s distinctive qualities of sunshine and diversity.
By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read
Sensory evaluation of wine (Part 1)
Today, there is little doubt in the wine industry that personnel, who have been trained to manage sensory evaluation of wine at their respective cellars, add gr
By Jeanne Brand and Hélène Nieuwoudt · 13 min read
Balancing price and quality
Bulk wine is important to the South African wine industry, but with lower-than-average prices and an increase in competition there’s a growing need for solidarity and innovation among producers.
By Elona Hesseling · 5 min read
Structural changes, time to consider the import parity price of wine?
Grain farmers often talk about export and import parity* when considering price hedging strategies, but in the wine industry these are terms that are almost unh
By Annalize · 4 min read
