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The finalists for the Diners Club Winemaker and Young Winemaker of the Year awards have been announced. Six winemakers have been shortlisted to compete for the prestigious Winemaker of the Year award, and six will vie for the Young Winemaker of the Year title.
As part of its mission to help transform the South African wine industry, the Cape Winemakers Guild recently hosted 22 black female Grade 11 learners for a week-long educational visit to the winelands.
WineLand Media is looking for the next generation of wine industry role players, the youngsters to watch, the innovators and game-changers, the out-of-the-box-thinkers.
The South African Liquor Brandowners Association (SALBA), whose members includes major alcohol manufacturers Distell, Heineken, Diageo, Pernod Ricard and DGB, has appointed Pamela Nkuna as its Chairperson, replacing Sibani Mngadi. Pamela is also head of corporate...
The recently announced 'brand home' for black-owned wine brands in South Africa, hosted in the Tasting Room and Cellar Complex at the Agricultural Research Council’s Nietvoorbij Campus in Stellenbosch, has officially been dubbed 'The Wine Arc'. The name...
The recovery of the hospitality industry, which is still reeling from the effects of Covid-19, will largely depend on how well the sector realigns itself to the “new normal” and addresses shifts in consumer behaviour and spending patterns. And according to Distell...
Known globally as South Africa’s “gang pastor”, Australian philanthropist and community pastor, Andie Steele-Smith (54) has been called out to South Africa to do God’s work, and help restore hope and dignity to the farmworker communities of the Cape Winelands.
Arniston is a world heritage site known for its awe-inspiring beauty, but beneath the surface lies a stark reality of economic hardship. The Waenhuiskrans/Arniston Community Development Trust (WACDT), established in 2004, has been improving the community by supporting education.
How do you attract the next generation to the wine industry? Take the message to them, smash stereotypes and show them the sky’s the limit. With a drop in the uptake of new students in wine-related fields, the wine industry is actively working...
The learning and development (L&D) desk of the wine industry, which is situated at Winetech, is responsible for the implementation of the L&D strategy. The strategy includes that all employees have access to occupational development with the purpose...
A survey was conducted as a pilot project to investigate the application of a newly developed competence dictionary developed for vineyard workers in determining skills development needs. The dictionary is based on the Vinpro courses for vineyard workers and was...
In the wine industry, a number of representative organisations and entities focus on the promotion of the industry among specific interest groups. One of the priorities in the learning and development strategy is to register Winetech with the South African...