Even though she once despised wine because her brother would get drunk, Nondumiso Pikashe from Gugulethu has made a success of her own handcrafted wines.

The iLembe Co-operative Winery marked its official opening last week with the launch of its first wine, made from cultivars suited to the humid coastal conditions of KwaZulu-Natal, in a project driven by locals and backed by the government.

Pinotage on Tap KZN Midlands

The Soweto Wine Festival, now into its sixth year and regarded by some as South Africa’s most exciting wine fest,

The beautiful Robertson Wine Valley in the Western Cape hosts the fourth “Robertson Slow” from 6 to 9 August.

The South African wine industry’s annual contribution to the economy grew to R26.2-billion or 2.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008,