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At first glance it’s hard to pin down what draws together the participating members in the Premium Independent Wineries of South Africa (PIWOSA). They are, after all, a hugely diverse bunch. There are wineries with a heritage that goes back centuries and others that have been making and selling wine for less than 20 years. […]

GE HealthCare has joined forces with Axim Life Isotopes South Africa (Alisa) to expand provision of molecular imaging in South Africa...

A boutique estate in the mountains of Sir Lowry’s Pass Village in the Helderberg basin, in the Western Cape, called Journey’s End Vineyards, together with new wine brand Interpunkt, have launched a pioneering range of wines in sustainable paperboard bottles. The sustainable wine packaging is a first for South Africa and will soon be available in select Checkers, Checkers Hyper and Checkers LiquorShop stores.

More than 250 girls in the eThekwini township of Inanda will have a greater chance of staying in school to reach their full potential, thanks to a donation of sanitary hygiene products...

Rollo Gabb, head of South African vineyard Journeys End, was hit with legal proceedings by rich businessman Meghdad Farrokhzad for not putting up curtains in his £3.2m Kensington flat.

Rollo Gabb, head of South African vineyard Journeys End, drew the ire of neighbour Meghdad Farrokhzad floor over the curtains in his high class Kensington flat.

Surreal. That’s the word many winemakers use about lockdown, a stark new reality that defined 2020: the year that Covid-19 struck. ‘It was like floating in a bubble – your world feels undone, uncoupled’, is how California- based flying winemaker Paul Hobbs describes it. Given the unfolding pandemic and mounting death toll, some even started to question their profession. ‘Working in a winery felt perverse, almost devoid of reason at times,’ recalls winemaker and writer Oliver Styles ...