South Africa’s wine industry enters the 2026 harvest season with renewed confidence, as the first official crop estimate from private and producer-cellar growers points to another stable and promising year.…
The South Africa Wine Summit 2025, held at the Stellenbosch University Conservatory, brought together industry leaders, experts, and innovators to shape the future of South African wine. With a focus on authentic storytelling, sustainability, and innovation, the summit addressed the evolving demands of global consumers who seek purpose-driven brands.
The 2025 wine grape harvest has been characterised by exceptional fruit quality, thanks to sustained mild and dry conditions that delivered grapes of superb balance, flavour concentration, and structure – the hallmarks of premium wine production.
The 2025 South African wine grape harvest is well underway, with winemakers and viticulturists reporting outstanding quality across the board.
South Africa Wine strongly condemns the Minister of Finance’s decision to implement excessive excise tax increases on wine.
In February, South Africa Wine launched a vital excise tax campaign to address the proposed tax hikes that threaten the very sustainability of our industry.
The second South Africa Wine Summit, set for May 22, 2025, at the Conservatory in Stellenbosch, will again gather together wine industry decision-makers and experts to address the sector’s vital challenges and opportunities.
Since 2004, South Africa has been following an excise tax framework which provides a guideline for the tax incidence as a percentage of the weighted average retail selling price of alcoholic beverages. The current guideline for the tax incidence for wine is set at 11%.
South Africa Wine is excited to announce the Happy Birthday SA Wine campaign, a celebration from January through February to celebrate the South African wine industry’s official birthday on February…
The first harvest estimate for the 2025 wine grape crop is in, with South African viticulturists and producer cellars predicting an improvement on the previous year’s record low yield. Early…