The rand’s weakness is one attraction, but overseas experts see great overall potential in the local industry
16 October 2025 – 05:00
by Joan Muller
Amid wilting wine production and consumption globally, South Africa has seen a surge in foreign ownership of big-brand vineyards, which is set to uncork the local industry’s export potential.
Bloemendal Wine Estate, founded as a farm more than three centuries ago in the fertile Durbanville Valley on the northern outskirts of Cape Town, is expected to fetch at least R270m when it goes under the hammer on October 29…
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