South Africa’s wine industry is poised for a robust recovery in 2025, with early projections signaling an optimistic outlook.

Wine tourism is seeing a surge in popularity, with more than one million global searches for wine tasting experiences recorded in the past month.

South Africa’s vineyards, known for their Pinotage and Chenin Blanc grapes, are bracing for a hit after 30 per cent US tariffs left them at a sharp disadvantage to their international winemaking rivals.

Founded in August 2024, the Chardonnay Association of South Africa serves as the unifying voice for more than 70 wineries that blend innovation with a deep respect for terroir.

It's August. In wine country, it's a relatively chill time, when grapes and the people who tend and ferment them hit the snooze button before the race to the finish line in September, and often October.

Tracking climate change vineyard by vineyard is becoming essential for the wine world: rising temperatures are already shifting harvest dates and grape ripening, and are redrawing the boundaries of where each grape variety is grown and what kind of wine it makes.