Is China really South African wine’s greatest opportunity? Dan Siebers runs an expert eye over the market that could be a game changer for the industry.
15 Jan
English
South Africa
Society & Culture · Leisure
She makes the wine, she looks after the grapes, she fixes broken tractors - there’s nothing that Olifantsberg’s Elizma Visser can’t do, but producing Rhône inspired wine that’s gaining a global fan club remains the flagship role.
She’s a farmer at heart, but still an exceptional winemaker, having made vintages in Napa, Stellenbosch and Italy - and now Lucinda Heyns is combining her multitude of skills under the Illimis label, introduced to the show at this year’s Absa charity celebration.
Amine Ghanem left Lebanon on a champagne pilgrimage that has taken him to Dom Perignon, and the winemaking team behind one of the most iconic wines in the world.
Not many people know that there’s a winery in the Johannesburg suburb of Craighall Park, where Kiwi winemaker Kath Gerakaris (with help from Adi Badenhorst’s Swartland fruit) has an unlikely home for fine wine.
Amine Ghanem left Lebanon on a champagne pilgrimage that has taken him to Dom Perignon, and the winemaking team behind one of the most iconic wines in the world.
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