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South Africa ranked eighth among top wine producers – OIV

THE FOLLOWING are among the statistics presented by the International Organisation of Vine & Wine in the OIV’s 2025 report on the state of the wine industry internationally (2024 data): South Africa ranked eighth in terms of the world’s major wine producers, down from seventh in the OIV’s 2024 report,

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Organic Wines South Africa intent on significant growth

IT IS ESTIMATED that as of 2024 the two to three dozen organic wineries in South Africa account for less than 1% of the country’s total production. That’s according to Organic Wines SA, a new association “encompassing the core, established, certified-organic wine estates”, with the objective being “to broadly market

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South Africa ranked No. 7 among top wine-producing nations

SPEAKING about the state of the wine industry worldwide from the International Organisation of Vine & Wine headquarters in Dijon, France, the OIV’s director general John Barker (of New Zealand) stressed the downward trend in consumption, rising prices and inflation that continues to “bite”. The key highlights in the organisation’s

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Wine sales in South Africa are on the up and up, however…

THE 2023 South African Wine Industry Statistics (for the year 2022) include few surprises, given the state of the country’s economy, the weak rand and various political factors. Still, it never ceases to amaze on being reminded of how much more SA wine is exported in bulk / on the

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South Africa remains No. 8 among world’s top wine producers

HIGH INFLATION, energy crises and supply-chain disruptions led to higher-than-usual price increases, which, in general terms, led to decreases in consumption and a rise in the value of exports. This was the picture painted by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) in their 2023 report on the state

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SA ahead of Germany, behind Argentina – OIV wine stats

IN THE ANNUAL address by the director general of the Paris-based International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) about the state of the wine industry worldwide, Spain’s Pau Roca reported that 2021 had seen a boom in international trade, a record high in both volume and value. “However the scenario

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SA industry statistics could make you want to pour another

THE quality and status of Wine SA at its best is on the up and up, however the size of South Africa’s wine industry is contracting – whether you’re looking at production and sales or the number of farms and cellars. Of course, times are tough in all wine-producing countries.

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South African wine production up, exports down – statistics

SPEAKING during a conference conducted online during the Covid-19 lockdown affecting many countries around the globe, Pau Roca of Spain, the director general of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) headquarted in Paris, announced that there had been a marked decrease in production in 2019 compared to 2018.

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