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2021 SA wine industry stats for the year that was – a local perspective

THE ANNUAL updates on the length, breadth, size and nature of the wine business in the leading wine-producing country on the continent of Africa can differ somewhat depending on whether you’re looking at things from inside or out. In April came an announcement from the OIV in Paris that in the world of wine South Africa’s national vineyard spanned 122

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2020 SA wine industry statistics could make you want to pour another

THE quality and status of Wine SA at its best is on the up and up, however the size of South Africa’s wine industry is contracting – whether you’re looking at production and sales or the number of farms and cellars. Of course, times are tough in all wine-producing countries. More good times are just around the corner, right? Highlights

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South Africa seventh-biggest wine producer in the world – 2017 stats

ACCORDING to statistics provided by the Paris-based International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) in June 2017, the area under vine throughout the world was estimated at 7.5 million hectares in 2016, with total wine production estimated at 267 million hectolitres (9% less than in 2015). South Africa now ranks seventh among the biggest wine-producing countries in the world: 1 Italy (50.9

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