South African liquor company Distell is expanding its presence in the East with the acquisition of a 60% share in fast-growing liquor distribution company CJ Wines & Spirits, for an undisclosed amount

The decision of UK retailers to switch to bulk wine imports rather than bottled wine is a "serious threat" to the South African wine industry, Department of Trade and Industry agroprocessing industrial development division chief Stephan Hanival said on Wednesday.

Being able to compare your wine grapes with those from the best growing regions in the world could be just a zap of a machine away.

Cape Town - A local wine company has altered the packaging of its "Mal Piet" wine cartons after it was criticized for looking like children's drink.

Ms. Claudia Inés Quini from Argentina replaces Mr. Yves Bénard of France as the new President of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), the intergovernmental UN type organization in the area of vitiviniculture with effect from today as she was elected for a three-year term.

A first look at vintage quality in South Africa, with eyewitness reports from growers and winemakers

A first look at vintage quality in South Africa, with eyewitness reports from growers and winemakers

In a recent ruling by the Cape High Court, it was held that grapes and wine are not "similar goods" in a trade mark sense.

South Africa has launched an industry-wide seal which guarantees its wines have been produced in line with fair labour practices.

Australia's Peter Lehmann Wines have switched distribution from Enotria to Hallgarten Druitt.

The eagerly awaited winning wines from South Africa's Top 100 Wine Challenge were announced last night together with the launch of the new edition book Top 100 SA Wines and Wine Lists 2012.

South African wine producers will have to rely more heavily on market forecasting tools if they wish to remain ahead of their competitors in what has become a fiercely competitive sector locally and abroad, says Gareth Pearson, CEO of consumer, retail and industrial research house, BMi Research.

Annette Badenhorst outlines her priorities in an exclusive interview

Su Birch, CEO of Wines of South Africa and Lynne Sherriff MW, who chairs the Institute of Masters of Wine, based in London have been shortlisted by UK-based Wine Intelligence for its line-up of the world's most influential figures in wine over the past decade.

Concha y Toro has announced plans to open an office in Cape Town, providing the Chilean group with a base from which to support its rapidly growing sales across the African continent.

Chenin Blanc from South Africa is approaching a "tipping point", according to one of the variety's biggest pioneers, Ken Forrester.

I am logical, rational, cash-flow-and-return-on-equity- maximized."

Heritage Wine is to distribute South African cool climate producer Darling Cellars' premium varietal wines in the UK.

Ralph Kunkee, Professor Emeritus of Enology at the University of California at Davis, passed away on November 12, 2011 from complications due to cancer.

South African wine producers should thoroughly research their individual potential markets in Asia and should avoid thinking of the region, which is home to 57 countries, as a homogenous entity, Master of Wine and inter- national wine judge and consultant to producers trading in Asian markets Debra Meiburg said.