Apparently. Well according this article anyway.
SA wine farms ‘not viable’
Here are some highlights from the article/report by VinPro and WineTech:
Average production costs in the wine industry have risen by 24% over the past five years to R23 578/ha.
Over the same period wine producers’ income and net income have fallen by 6% and 52% respectively.
This is [...]

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Stumbled upon this rather negative article on Fin24 this morning:
Boycott may hit South African winery.
Now to summarise the article in brief:
Delheim Wine Estate, outside Stellenbosch, is being accused of forcing pensioners out of their homes on the estate and as a result could lose contracts to export wine to Denmark en Sweden.
The article also accuses [...]

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I picked this up on my twitter feed from Mike Ratcliffe who asked if it “was the coolest wine marketing concept ever?”
Well it may very well be but it hasn’t started yet and we dont know how well it will do - nevertheless, it is a brilliant idea:
The Great South African Wine Trail
Wines of South Africa (WOSA) is launching a [...]

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It seems to me that where ever FIFA go - there is bound to be some sort of a problem. They rule with an iron fist don’t they.
But that is a seperate topic - the theme here is that the South African wine industry is fuming over the tendering process involved in supplying wine to [...]

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Apparently 2009 is going to be an outstanding year for both red and white wine from South Africa.
This is according to Erhard Wolf, head of Distell’s (DST) grape and wine buying team:
“Although this has been a tough vintage in terms of logistical challenges, both red and white varieties have come into the cellars in top [...]

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