Is wine is adapting to the changing consumer? Mintel analyst, Jonny Forsyth, argues that this is currently not the case and that in his country, the UK, the industry is led too much by its own prejudices and mores rather than those of the consumer. The same is probably true […]
Founded in 1979, the Cape Wine Academy is recognised as the official wine education and training institution in South Africa. Now a passionate South African is bringing it to London.  The Cape Wine Academy (CWA) is a bona fide South African institution with diplomas and all, and now it’s coming […]
Continued growth in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, and the benefits derived from a weak rand resulted in the Distell Group raising revenue year-on-year by 9,3% to R8,7 billion for the six months to December 2012. Â In a climate of mostly muted markets because of the continued global pressure […]
The wine grape harvest in the lower Orange River Region has recovered after two below average years, with the 2013 harvest poised to be a very good one in terms of volumes and quality.  The size of the 2011 harvest was heavily affected by the some of the region’s […]
27 November 2012  by Pongrácz  Pongrácz Rosé has been ranked Top 10 in the world at the 2012 Effervescents du Monde, the international competition held in Dijon, France to find the Best Sparkling Wines in the World including French Champagne.  “To be amongst this illustrious line-up of the […]
It has been a 15-year journey realised for Marilyn Cooper, Cape Wine Master and CEO of the Cape Wine Academy, as Minister of Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk officially launched the Wine Advisors – level 1 Cape Sommelierâ„¢ programme.  The National Department of Tourism (NDT) is investing R11-million in the […]
CAPE TOWN – South Africa and the UK have kissed and made up before a verbal tit for tat escalated into a genuine trade war over the vexed issue of SA’s growing bulk wine exports to the UK. “This is a fraught issue and I do understand why this matter […]
Cool weather may have caused some discomfort at the 38th Nederburg wine auction but it was the weak global economy that was blamed for the downturn in sales – R1,6m less than last year.Held from 28 – 29 September in the Paarl estate’s Johann Graue Hall, the venue for the […]
Anthony Hamilton Russell, owner of Hamilton Russell Vineyards in Walker Bay, believes South Africa needs to “sort out its terroir message†in order for it to be taken seriously as a fine wine producing country. Speaking to the drinks business at Cape Wine last month, Hamilton Russell said: “Sorting out […]
Pioneering South African winemaker Eben Sadie is distancing himself from his wine venture in Priorat, which was poisoned by vandals last year. Sadie has made wine in the northern Spanish region since 2004 under the Terroir Al Limit label in collaboration with Dominik A. Huber and Jaume Sabaté. He works […]