What makes SA wine different and why should the world buy it?

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As the year stumbles towards the first Cape Wine show since the pandemic, I’m beginning to wonder whether we – and by that, I mean those people who think about how the industry markets itself to the world – have not fallen into the convenient trap of defining our USP in terms of our most visible high-profile players.


Farmers grow strawberries that sell out for $20 a box:

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The New Jersey-based company’s berries don’t taste like your typical strawberries, either: They’re sweeter, with a denser, juicier center. The flavor, aroma and “buttery texture” are engineered in three vertical farms: two in New Jersey and one in Los Angeles.


Weak global demand sees all prices under pressure, while the devaluing Rand offsets some of the gains.

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Weak global demand sees all prices under pressure, while the devaluing Rand offsets some of the gains.


Drought: five ways to stop heavy rains washing away parched soil

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When William Blake described England’s “green and pleasant land” in his poem Jerusalem, he was actually writing during a prolonged drought. Two centuries later, much of Europe is withering under successive heatwaves amid one of the most extreme droughts ever recorded.


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