International demand for SA wines chokes on smoke fears
03 February 2016 - 17:31
This summer's drought‚ compounded by fire damage‚ is hurting the Cape wine and fruit industry. The Western Cape regional fruit production sector has suffered losses amounting to R720 million. The wine industry has suffered damage of R20 million so far‚ as around 82 hectares of vineyards have been lost due to drought and fires.
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