The pig farmer behind the Western Cape farm strikes

The pig farmer behind the Western Cape farm strikes

18 Jan 2013 00:00 - Glynnis Underhill
Nosey Pieterse says he is fully behind farmworkers who want to be liberated from their "shackles", writes Glynnis Underhill.

Platter high-fives to diverse vineyards

14 Oct 2011 00:00 - Tim James
Although the 2012 ­Platter's Wine Guide will be released only next month, the winners of its top ratings were announced this week.

Dynamism doesn't end at Swartland

30 Sep 2011 13:19 - Tim James
Which are the most exciting wine areas of the Cape? I increasingly hear murmurs of discontent of too much focus on the Swartland and on its wineries.

Keeping sweet with the rich

11 Sep 2011 19:44 - Tim James
The wine industry seems to be pandering to a conservative, rich market that likes flashy stuff.
Red, white -- and black

Red, white -- and black

02 Sep 2011 00:00 - Kevin Rushby
The beautiful Stellenbosch vineyards were once a bastion of apartheid but now a new breed of winemakers is making its unique mark.

Poor yields from grapes of wrath

26 Aug 2011 11:44 - Tim James
It's been threatening for a long time: a report from a responsible international body replete with accusations of shocking farmworker conditions.

Golfers scrum down on unfamiliar terrain

26 Aug 2011 00:00 -
Combining sport and winemaking is not new. But does it work?
Fruit of a poisoned vine

Fruit of a poisoned vine

23 Aug 2011 06:00 - Lisa Van Wyk
How will a damning Human Rights Watch report into the treatment of workers affect the local wine industry? We speak to wine columnist Tim James

Charm obscures need for change

26 Jul 2011 14:28 -
It's perhaps dangerous to visit a wine farm such as Annandale -- it's all too easy to forget the urgent need for change in the SA wine industry.
Slaving away

Slaving away

15 Jul 2011 11:41 - Tim James
The ugly side underpinning the wine industry is often too easily ignored.

When innovation beats specialisation

08 Jul 2011 00:00 - Tim James
Out of the great revolution in South African wine we've seen in the past few decades, something of a contradiction is emerging.
Toast of the markets

Toast of the markets

24 Jun 2011 16:46 - Fiona Walsh
Fine wines outstripped gold, crude and the FTSE 100 as an investment last year as prices surged for top vintages.

Real men can drink pink

24 Dec 2009 12:32 -
Ten years ago red-blooded men like a red-blooded Cabernet, but the palette is now a whole lot broader, writes Tim James.

Change comes slowly to SA's wine trade

23 Aug 2009 06:00 -
Changes are taking place in the traditionally white-dominated wine industry, albeit slowly.

SA wines winning more attention abroad

28 May 2009 07:09 - Michelle Faul
The Obamas had a reservation for the night Democrats announced their candidate and the restaurant was looking for a wine that popped.

Cape wine workers paid less than R60 a day

13 Feb 2009 07:15 - Staff Reporter
Workers who produce hundreds of thousands of bottles of wine are struggling to survive on wages of about R57 a day and are facing harsh conditions.

Bulgarian winemakers pin hopes on quality

25 Dec 2008 06:00 - Tsvetelia Ilieva
Wines from the Balkan country have been known more for quantity than quality, and Bulgaria now accounts for only 0,6% of world production.