by | 20 Jan, 2011 | Development and Transformation, Opinion
The crossing just before the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West is trade-wise probably one of busiest in the Winelands. The diversity of products varies from plastic bags and garden gnomes to blackberry chargers. Impressive, until you’ve seen the informal sector on...
by Gerard Martin | 1 Aug, 2010 | Development and Transformation, Winetech Technical
This article is the first in a series of five articles on a research study that was done towards a Master’s degree in Wine Business Management at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town (see references) The first article is a summary of the...
by Cassie du Plessis | 1 Feb, 2010 | Development and Transformation, Wineland
These days, the dynamic Robertson Winery boasts having a diverse portfolio of products with rapidly climbing sales that places it among the country’s largest wine cellars. At the top end of that portfolio is the Constitution Road range, whose name derives from the...
by Danie van Schalkwyk | 1 Nov, 2009 | Development and Transformation, News, Winetech Technical
Emerging farmers from the Eksteenskuil community in the Keimoes district and the empowerment farm Realaboga at Kanoneiland are increasingly establishing grafted wine and raisin grapevines. To substitute dead scions in young vineyards with replacement vines is...
by Anonymous | 1 Jul, 2009 | Business and Marketing, Development and Transformation, Wineland
Transformation of the wine industry can only be achieved if sustainable new ownership is encouraged and supported, poverty alleviation is pro-actively addressed and if skills development is embarked upon as a critical imperative. This was said by Willie Williams,...
by Edo Heyns | 1 Jun, 2009 | Development and Transformation, News, Wineland
Met ’n aansienlike belegging in die opgradering van die JH Neethling-gebou – die tuiste van die US se Departement Wingerd- en Wynkunde en die Instituut vir Wynbiotegnologie; die goedkeuring van ’n nuwe kurrikulum en die aanstelling van ’n Franse professor, woel...
by Gerard Martin | 1 Dec, 2007 | Development and Transformation, Wineland
The Riebeek Valley is the second area in which Winetech wants to demonstrate the creation of an empowerment environment for technology transfer. Human Capital Solutions (HCS) assessed 34 cellar and farm workers in the area at the end of 2006, with a view to further...
by | 1 Sep, 2007 | Development and Transformation, News
A pro-active approach to tackling issues at farm level holds the key to long-term agricultural success. Presenters during Agri Western-Cape’s “Agriculture 2010” congress at Goudini Spa recently emphasised that producers can create a better future for...