Video interviews with South African winemakers, viticulturalists and other wine personalities are being used to prepare visitors to Cape Wine 2015 for their trip.
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South African wine and spirit producer KWV is planning an assault on export markets for a new craft London dry gin made with truffles.
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Stellenbosch estate, L'Avenir is to launch a new premium rosé at Cape Wine in September. The wine, named Glenrosé, will be 100% Pinotage.
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Richard Kershaw, the only winemaking MW in South Africa, was with Mulderbosch and Kanu, before leaving in 2011 to pursue his dream of making his own cool-climate wines in Elgin in the Western Cape.
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Wines of South Africa is hosting an autumn tasting event targeted at independent wine merchants and on-trade buyers.
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Accolade Wine's Fish Hoek South African wine range has won Fairtreade certification.
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Fairtrade and South African wine specialist Origin Wine has opened a new sales office to cover the North American market in a bid to establish what the company called "a global sourcing footprint".
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Harpers led a debate at last month's London Wine Fair to expose the myths and preconceptions about UK bottling, which raised questions about the ethics of the practice.
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The growth of the bulk wine market may slow, but it is here to stay, according to expert panellist in a recent debate.
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South Africa needs to evolve its premium wines and offer wines better suited to the terroir, leading South African producer has said.
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South Africa's official harvest report said that the 2015 harvest will be recorded "as one of the driest and earliest in years, with a somewhat smaller wine grape harvest promising exceptional wines."
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Global wine inventories appear to be balanced, according to the latest wine report from Rabobank - but the report warns of variations in supply between the premium and generic ends.
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English winemaking consultants Litmus Wines recently teamed up with Richard Branson's private hotel collection Virgin Limited Edition to launch a new joint-venture wine business in South Africa's Franschhoek region. Litmus' founder and director John Worontschak, and VLE's managing director, Jon Brown, talked to Harpers.co.uk about the venture and what it will mean for the Surrey-based business.
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Richard Branson's luxury hotel collection, Virgin Limited Edition, has joined forces with an English wine consultancy firm, Litmus Wines, to launch a new wine business.
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Cape Wine, the trade show for South African Wine, has seen unprecedented demand from producers six months before the show opens its doors.
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More than 52,000 visitors attended ProWein 2015 this year, an increase of 7% over last year, further solidifying the show as a must attend event on the international wine trade calendar.
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Roger Jones takes us around the wine world on his Prowien 2015 journey of discovery, where he explores some new and interesting wines.
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Advances in technology, including the use of satellite and GPS tracking data, are helping winemakers in South Africa make the best wines of their generation, according to Bruce Jack, head winemaker for Accolade Wines.
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Getting on the 10am Easy Jet flight from Gatwick to Dusseldorf yesterday morning was a bit like joining the Wine Trade Sunday School outing. The pull of Prowein has been building vastly over the last few years and it was good to see so many interested parties on the plane.
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Competition amongst alcohol brands in Africa is on the rise as larger companies like Diageo and Pernod Ricard continue to invest in the emerging market according to the chief executive of Distell Vineyards & Estates (DVE), Carina Gous.
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