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The Cape wine industry looks nothing like the beast which emerged from the era of isolation. Back in the early 1990s we had a few...
There’s no doubt that the world we know – and trade with – is in turmoil. At home we have the uncertainties surrounding the GNU/coalition....
Transformation is a much used and much abused word in South Africa. The moment it enters a discussion it acquires a peculiar invulnerability. Simply to...
It’s been thirty years since South Africa’s first democratic election, and in that time the wine industry has gone from being the pariah to the...
Not all insights are original or earth-shattering, but this doesn’t mean that they are without value. For example, it’s widely recognised that cultivar serves the...
Just over fifty years ago the Department of Agriculture established South Africa’s wine of origin scheme. At the time our legislation was the most advanced...
It’s hard to decide whether to laugh or cry: the great Cape drought of the second decade of the 21st century has turned into the great...
Pity the uninitiated entering the National Cabinet for the first time. Allowing for the normal attrition due to sickness, work travel and vacations, an intimate...
Shiraz is a relative latecomer to the South African wine scene. As recently as the 1980s, total plantings were less than 1,000 hectares. Most of...
To mangle and misquote Tolstoy “successful wine markets are all alike; unsuccessful wine markets are all unsuccessful in their own way.” Humour me while I...
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