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Backsberg Family Wines Harvest Report 2025
Alicia Rechner, Backsberg's veteran winemaker now in her 30th harvest season, rolls it between her fingers before popping the small, oval fruit into her mouth to taste it - a decisive moment where numbers and measurements give way to experience and artistry.
Vinpro Production Plan survey
The Vinpro Production Plan survey was performed in the wine industry for the 21st consecutive year in 2024. The service is provided per vintage in each of the 10 wine regions, within study groups and individual capacity. The findings indicate that, although the average producer is still not generating a sustainable income, the industry is showing year-on-year improvement after a long downward cycle.
Steenberg’s 2025 Harvest: A Vintage Defined by Precision and Promise
As the dust settles on the 2025 harvest season, Steenberg Vineyards reflects on a year marked by resilience, consistency, and exceptional quality. With steady yields, outstanding grape health, and a harvest timeline aligned with historical norms, winemaker Elunda Basson and viticulturist Vlok Hanekom believe 2025 will deliver one of Steenberg’s finest vintages.
ROTOCON launches third annual student wine label design competition
ROTOCON has kicked off its third annual student wine label design competition in partnership with the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). The competition is open to undergraduate students in TUT’s Department of Visual Communication (Integrated Communication Design (ICD)), Faculty of Arts & Design, with 60 students participating.
Harvest 2025: Cultivated with Pride – Celebrating a Century of Pinotage
Pinotage emerged as one of the stars of the 2025 harvest, delivering better yields than most varieties, and small, intensely flavoured berries.
Why wine cellars and breweries need forensic engineering
The collapse of wine tanks at Darling Cellars in 2021 made industry news, and when forensic metallurgists were called in to analyse what had happened, they found that poor manufacturing had caused the failure, resulting in massive losses for the wine business.
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