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Article: Rianie has the taste for success; Helen Savage takes a closer look at what South African wineries have to offer.: WINE.(Features)
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- The Journal (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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Byline: HELEN SAVAGE
THE unique selling point of South African Wines is that they "lead the world in producing wine with integrity", says Su Birch, the CEO of Wines of South Africa.
But although South Africa can properly boast more fairtrade wines than any other nation and has a far greater natural diversity of plant life than any of its competitors, which its wine producers are keen to preserve and protect, it's not committed to organic viticulture or even to carbon neutrality. What it does offer, beyond any doubt, is a range of flavours that, at its best, ...