Saai (Southern African Agri Initiative) has launched its wine marketing project, The Wine Farmer, on the Marianne Wine Estate at Stellenbosch on 22 October 2020. The Wine Farmer is an online wine shop aimed at making family farm wines available to consumers across...
While the rest of South Africa baked banana bread, two well-known sommeliers - Spencer Fondaumiere and Tinashe Nyamdoka - looked past the physical isolation in lockdown and used the time to create an innovative digital platform. Introducing Somm on Call, a fully coded...
Wines of South Africa has launched a series of webinars entitled the Insider Sessions, to connect with trade and media around the world on key issues facing the industry in 2020. The sessions will run at 10.00 GMT on 10th, 11th and 12th November 2020 and can be...
Western Cape Minister of Agriculture Dr Ivan Meyer recently visited small-scale farmers in Ebenhaeser, in the Matzikama Municipality. Two such farmers are Natasha Love and Niklaas Le Roux who are both supported by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA)...
The World Bulk Wine Exhibition will switch from taking place in Amsterdam to being a digital event this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The organisers of the annual event, which brings together the cream of the bulk wine buying community from all over...
A total of 24 awards were presented last week to the top winners in the 2020 Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards. At a small, informal presentation ceremony held at Grand Roche in Paarl – in lieu of the usual annual awards ceremony – 21 trophies were...
Rotocon has expanded its brand with the official registration of its subsidiary Rotocon Asia. The new company will offer the Rotocon Ecoline range of finishing equipment to printers and converters throughout Asia and provide local service. Established in 2008 in South...
Now, more than ever, farmers need a superior, unlimited, and reliable connection. They need it for their safety and security; they need to be able to keep ahead of the technological advancements in agriculture and equipment, and they need to always be connected to...
During the many challenges of 2020 a remarkable development, and one of the few feel-good stories of this year, came out of the Western Cape, when Boland Cellar launched its new, lower-alcohol Melita wine range – a first of its kind in the South African wine industry....
Sauvignon Blanc South Africa has revealed the winners of the 2020 Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10 competition and this year’s champion wines come from no less than seven different regions. This exciting result for South Africa’s only competition exclusively devoted to...
Entries are now open for the 2020 Veritas Young Wine Writers Competition of the South African National Wine Show Association (SANWSA), which aims to identify exciting new voices in the wine industry. Now in its eighth year, this competition – in collaboration with...
Although working in the wine industry was not a first choice for Marshall Arendorff (38), cellar controller and wine blender at Drostdy Hof, one could say the industry found him. Whilst studying towards a BCom Financial Management degree at Stellenbosch University, he...
With her interpretation of Andra Day’s R&B hit “Rise Up” 22-year old general agricultural worker, Roshdene Sampson from Sandhoek Farm, De Doorns, won over judges and fans with her incredible voice. What makes her story even more special is that Roshdene didn’t...
The 24th 2020 Absa Top 10 Pinotage competition attracted 149 entries from all the wine regions of South Africa. Despite the challenges imposed by a temporary alcohol ban and mandatory lockdown, it’s encouraging to see the continued interest and support for this...
DuPont de Nemours GmbH has appointed ROTOCON as its new distributor to represent the Cyrel brand of flexo plates and equipment in South Africa. The product suite is now available through ROTOCON’s headquarters in Cape Town, and branch offices in Johannesburg and...
A coalition of liquor traders has affirmed their commitment to assist the government in its fight against the illicit liquor trade. Speaking on behalf of the coalition, Lucky Ntimane, said that the sector was in full support of the government’s efforts to deal with...
With the second ban of alcohol sales, the South Africa alcohol industry obtained a 90-day deferment on tax payments in July and August 2020, and excise payments, worth an estimated R2.5 billion recommence in October 2020. Spokesman for the alcohol industry Sibani...
New Holland Agriculture has obtained Origine France Garantie (French Origin Guaranteed) certification for its whole range of self-propelled grape and olive harvesters and straddle tractors designed and manufactured in France, as a recognition of the more than 40 years...