China’s trade war with Australia a boon for South African winemakers Exports of bauxite, copper concentrate and some coal also rise from African states after Beijing hit a range of Australian goods with punitive duties By Joe Bavier, Tanisha Heiberg and Emma Rumney - 11 February 2021 Image: REUTERS/ ALY SONG
For South African winemaker Vergenoegd Löw, the pandemic could have been a disaster but a bitter trade war between China and Australia has thrown the 325-year-old estate a lifeline.
Bottles of its reds, whites and roses piled up when SA banned alcohol sales under a strict lockdown and visitors who once flocked to the vineyard near Cape Town to sip wine and snap photos of its famed Indian Runner ducks vanished.
By Joe Bavier, Tanisha Heiberg and Emma Rumney CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - For South African winemaker Vergenoegd Lw, the pandemic could have been a disaste.
For South African winemaker Vergenoegd Löw, the pandemic could have been a disaster but a bitter trade war between China and Australia has thrown the 325-year-old estate a lifeline.