2020 Vision: Harvest in the Swartland
Despite a nationwide lockdown in South Africa that initially prohibited all wine producing and exporting activities, the government has since made concessions to allow growers to finish harvesting and production, and businesses to resume exports - news to which the South African wine industry breathed a collective sigh of relief this week.
(Updated 21st April: the South African government has re-instated a total prohibition on export sales. For more information see here).