Article: End of Apartheid Uncorks Good Times for Winemakers of South Africa.(Originated from The Philadelphia Inquirer)

HERMANUS, South Africa--May 9--South Africa's wine industry, which exported its production surreptitiously for a few cents a bottle during the apartheid years, now can't keep up with demand.

Exports are up, prices are soaring and domestic connoisseurs, accustomed to fine wines on the cheap, can no longer afford their favorite vintages--if they can find them.

That makes Anthony Hamilton-Russell very happy. Hamilton-Russell is proprietor of his family's vineyard here, a stony hillside of pale soil and scraggly vines swept by mild South Atlantic breezes. These days, his premium chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and pinot noir wines sell out a few months ...

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