Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Commercial agriculture faces up to climate change

Ever wondered about the rapid proliferation in recent years of fine wines from areas such as Hermanus or Walker Bay — rather than more traditional areas such as Stellenbosch?
The industry has exploded in the past 20 years. But while Stellenbosch now boasts 190 wine producers — three times the number it had in 1994 — there has been a more than tenfold increase in the number of producers in the cooler coastal areas around Somerset West, Elgin, Walker Bay and the southern Cape. Read more
Source: www.bdlive.co.za

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