South Africa’s wine industry is celebrating what it describes as a season of exceptional grape quality, marked by favourable growing conditions and steady ripening. The 2025 wine grape harvest ...

The heat is on in other ways, post-apartheid, too. In the race to satisfy overseas demand, especially for premium red wines, South Africa still lags behind its southern hemisphere competitors.

This doesn’t mean they weren’t welcomed. Neighbors helped them learn all aspects of making good South African wine, popping over to help out from time to time. See also: Close encounters of a ...

What happens when two of the richest men on Earth -- both well-established vintners -- commit themselves to creating a new brand of world-class wines from scratch? Three years ago, billionaires Anton ...