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Getwine acquires CyberCellar in strategic national expansion

The esteemed online wine company, Getwine, is proud to announce its recent acquisition of CyberCellar, a renowned online wine retailer. This strategic move marks a significant milestone in the company’s ongoing commitment to providing unparalleled wine offerings to its valued customers. Johan Wegner, Chief Operating Officer of Getwine, expressed his enthusiasm about the acquisition, stating: “We are thrilled to share

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Cellar-door wine prices sometimes the lowest, sometimes not

JUST a generation ago, the prices of reds and whites at a South African wine farm were very seldom less than what they sold for at wine shops in the towns nearby. Only a few winery proprietors would risk the wrath of retailers who might well refuse to stock the product of any supplier who dared to undercut them. Times

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Survey involving South Africa’s top wine shops provides a few pointers

  WHAT’S YOUR favourite SA wine shop and why? Where do you shop for the best deals on South African wine? Who is most likely to have the wine you’re looking for – or good at getting you what they don’t have then and there? Your opinions and recommendations are welcome – it would be great to share them. In

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Best SA wine shops? On land, online, anywhere in the country, the world?

  WHO ARE the best of the specialists when it comes to SA wine retailers? See above or below for the prime candidates in South Africa, but have we left out anyone, any place? And, while we’re about it, where best to shop for South African wines anywhere else in the world?   Caroline’s Fine Wine Cellar Cape Town: CBD

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Who still reckons it pays to buy your wine direct from the farm?

A SURVEY of what top reds and whites are selling for at South Africa’s leading wine shops relative to cellar-door prices points to consistency in some areas and big discrepancies in others. Those who love to visit the wine routes might be disappointed to discover, if they aren’t already well aware, that what you pay on the farm is often

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South Africa’s top wine shops online, on shelf, on price, on service, et al

THERE ARE plenty of wine shops with an online presence delivering South African vino to most corners of the country and around the world, but who’s doing the best job, how to weigh them up against one another, where to go for that elusive beauty or special bargain from the Cape? A survey of which stores offer a good number of the

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First port of call when fine-wine-shopping in Cape Town

There have been some great wine shops in South Africa that have come and gone. Some that were once special are now ordinary, with the good ones that are still around so few as to count on one hand. We’re not talking about liquor stores, bottle stores, places that deal in alcohol and where the staff wouldn’t know a fine wine even

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