Why fine wine is losing the luxury battle
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Young, wealthy consumers have not stopped spending.
Crisis hits Napa Valley as ranches left to rot while wine industry teeters on a knife’s edge
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Napa Valley wine growers are struggling to survive as their grapes are left to rot on vines due to demand plummeting.
Michiel Smuts continues a 140-year family tradition of wheat farming on Grasrug in the Swartland, but the methods and economics have shifted sharply from those of his father and grandfather.
Consumer bread choices evolve
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A longtime US household staple, bread is undergoing a consumer shift as shoppers gravitate from traditional white/wheat loaves to other category segments, new research from the Grain Foods Foundation (GFF) shows.
I want to start with a confession: I got into the business of wine with no role models. Nobody I aspired to be like
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- October is off-season for watermelon in South Africa. The main local season is November to December along the Orange River and in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Free State and Northern Cape where the hot climate delivers sweet, juicy fruit. That means in October availability on the municipal markets is still low and comes from early plantings and staggered irrigation.
- CRA Media is gearing up for something big in 2027: a major new project dedicated to honouring South African farmers and their families, the people who work tirelessly to put food on our tables every day. Details are still under wraps, but the team promises it will be their most ambitious farmer-recognition initiative yet. Keep watching their platforms for the official announcement and launch!
- The wildfires burning across parts of the Western Cape this past week are not an exception. They are sadly a predictable outcome of how fire risk is managed—or neglected— in many instances in South Africa. While heat, wind and low humidity create dangerous conditions, they do not determine the scale of destruction on their own.
- South African motorists pay R12.81 per litre in taxes, levies, and regulated margins before buying any actual petrol. These administered costs now make up 41% of the final pump price, leaving only 59% for the fuel itself.According to OUTA, direct taxes alone account for R6.54 per litre (22% of the price).
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