South African wine estates are being scooped up, with a number of prestigious properties – including Uitkyk, Villiera and Kleine Zalze – acquired by international investors over the past few months.
Farms that used regenerative agriculture practices such as no-till farming, cover crops and diverse crop rotations produced crops with higher levels of certain vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals than farms using conventional practices, according to results in a study from the University of Washington.
Do we need to change the way we talk about wine? Are our vocabulary, standards and perspectives of wine too Eurocentric for a modern, globalized world? Some say yes, and their arguments echo recent shifts in the way we view our past and present society.
It is beyond dispute that every sector of the South African economy has suffered from the impact of rolling blackouts. But agriculture has suffered disproportionately, with numerous commodities under severe strain.