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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Wine Magazine has a new website and it’s a fresh new change that is long overdue.
New Wine Magazine Website
In my opinion its a great new design  - clean and bright - conveying a fresh new start.
What do you think?

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Well that’s the opinion of Don Tooth, chief executive of Anglo American’s Vergelegen Wine Estate in this article:
‘Govt dislikes wine producers’
Last bastion
Government does not really like the wine industry. “In our industry we are still white, Afrikaans and really bad,” Tooth said - though he himself is not Afrikaans.
“The government regards us as the last [...]

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Henre Rossouw of Wine Country has asked a very bold and pertinent question on his blog:
Does Apartheid still lurk in wine making?
He argues that while some steps have been taken to accelerate BEE within our wine industry - the results are far from resounding.
On the surface - my answer would be a simple : Yes.
But [...]

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