When it comes to wine, age is all the rage. Dusty bottles with peeling labels are proudly displayed, library stock carefully cultivated, rare vintages bragged about and traded…
Industry leaders Vinpro and Graham Beck have teamed up again with the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) to fund transformation in the wine industry by creating bursaries for previously disadvantaged individuals on the groundbreaking Business of Wine programme running from 29 May to 7 June 2020. Now in its fifth year, the course is the only one of its kind in South Africa that focuses on the business aspect of wine across the wine business value chain.
“An increased focus on South Africa’s old vines has accelerated an unprecedented interest from wine thought leaders around the world, in the country’s wine heritage and the industry itself, with wines made from fruit sourced from these heritage vines proving their mettle,” according to André Morgenthal of the Old Vine Project (OVP).