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So you know what the most-planted wine varieties are, right?

08/2023 Mike Froud Leave a comment

MANY WINE lovers would be amazed on being told that neither Chardonnay nor Cabernet rank among the Top 3 most widely planted grape vines in France. And outside Spain and Portugal, who would have thought that Tempranillo is as big as it is in the total scheme of things. In the Cape winelands, the most-planted variety of grape vine is

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Wine Types, Varieties, Styles

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

04/2023 Mike Froud Leave a comment

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 of these sectors around the world. The size of South