Wine exports to the United States will be affected if the Agoa deal isn’t reached‚ but China could help balance the wine bottles. A delegation from the Western Cape is in China this week to promote the province’s wine‚ said a statement issued on Friday by the agriculture and economic development department. Premier Helen Zille and economic opportunities minister Alan Winde are leading the delegation.About 500 million litres of wine are exported globally and China is South Africa’s sixth largest export market for packaged wines by volume - 11-million litres‚ according to statistics for 2014.“We aim to double the export of wine to China by 2025‚” said Winde.During a briefing this week‚ Zille said South Africa was one of the world's most unique wine destinations. “As an example‚ ours is the only country to produce the Pinotage cultivar. South Africa is one of only a few countries to have launched a traceability seal which guarantees that wine was produced ethically.”Boosting wine sales is not the only focus of the province’s plans. Zille told Chinese businesses that expanding trade with China was a priority of the Western Cape government.Winde said China Customs statistics for the first half of 2015 were promising: “We have doubled our market share and our value share is up 104%.”The wine industry alone employs more than 289 000 people in South Africa‚ about 167 000 of them in the Western Cape‚ according to Winde...