by August Collective | 18 Jun, 2019 | News
South African Chenin Blanc is on a roll. Back from a highly successful showcase at leading trade show ProWein in Germany, and soon to be a key focus of an international wine congress, the Cinderella grape is seeing sales powering ahead at home and abroad. The news...
by Isabeau Botha | 17 Jun, 2019 | News
A senior manager of Agri-Expo has been elected as a Trustee to the Board of the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth (RASC). Breyton Milford (33) is the second member of Agri-Expo, and one of only two from Africa, to serve on the Board. Milford, Operations...
by Ronel Roos | 15 Jun, 2019 | News
Corteva Agriscience and John Deere, the world’s largest manufacturer and supplier of equipment, kicked off a three-day marketing collaboration where they presented their technology solutions and tools designed to deliver value to farmers and societies in Africa....
by Lucienne van Pul | 12 Jun, 2019 | News
The inaugural Strauss & Co Fine Wine auction held on Saturday 8 June at Strauss & Co’s new auction venue in Houghton was a ‘great success’ according to chairperson Frank Kilbourn. 78% of the 183 lots were sold achieving a total of R1,339 million –...
by Bennie Howard | 10 Jun, 2019 | News
It’s time again for the spotlight to fall on the country’s best young wines. We invite winemakers from all over the South African wine industry to enter their prospective winning wines from the 2019 harvest for the SA Young Wine Show. Entries close on 26 June at the...
by OMTWS | 5 Jun, 2019 | News
The results of the 2019 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show were announced at a luncheon at the Mount Nelson Hotel on 4 June. Of the 956 wines judged from 206 producers, 32 gold medals were awarded. All Best-in-Class gold medallists emerged as trophy winners. In the...
by Balekane Baloyi | 3 Jun, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
A five-year, multi-pronged programme which brings together government, academia and the private sector’s financial expertise has been launched in the Free State. The programme aims to enhance the delivery of crucial skills to black farmers involved in the production...
by Bennie Howard | 31 May, 2019 | News
The 18 National Winners of the 2018 Novare SA Terroir Wine Awards will be showcased at tastings to be held on the island of Mauritius next week. The organisers announced that this would become an annual event. The first ever tasting of top South African wines in...
by Alex Mason-Gordon | News
The launch of the Old Mutual Trophy Spirits Show brings a new and valuable competition to the spirits and liqueurs sector of the South African liquor industry. Open to all producers and importers, the show will score and rank all products across a series of...
by Feed That Bird PR | 30 May, 2019 | News
Stellenbosch Wine Routes (SWR) and Stellenbosch 360 (S360) have agreed on a bold and ambitious plan to bring stakeholders together and grow the tourism and experience economy in Stellenbosch. The foundation of this plan is the establishment of a new...
