Long Time Stellenbosch Winery Weathers the Fall-Out from South ...
Stellenbosch, South Africa (February 16, 2021) - The impact of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has been a setback to the wine industry in many ways. In South Africa, where domestic alcohol sales bans had punishing effects on the country’s wine regions. Although the most recent ban was lifted, the South African wine industry has suffered in the aftermath. The bans impaired domestic sales channels, reduced tourism, and left significant amounts of inventory in cellars with the 2021 grape harvest in full throttle. Rational for the bans was that without alcohol sales, there would be fewer pa...
Source: winebusiness.com