How South Africa Built a Booming Wine Business

Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist said, “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”

The South African economy has climbed many hills. Even today, with mining as the main economic driver, the Rand is very weak.

So maybe it’s high time the country look toward the lower west coast and embrace its flourishing wine industry.

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“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” – Nelson Mandela

South Africa, a country on the southernmost tip of Africa, has been making wine for more than 350 years.

It basically started when the Commander of the Dutch Colony at the Cape of Good Hope planted his first vines in 1685, says Alyssa Rapp and her research team at Bottlenotes.


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