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Growers in South Africa’s northern regions, located mostly in the provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, have started the new table grape season amidst indications that the country could see a marginal volume increase compared with last year’s crop. The northern regions always deliver South Africa’s first new-season grapes, and follow closely on shipments from Namibia, where harvesting started last week. The harvest in the Orange River is due to start in the last two weeks of November. Industry leaders, however, pointed out that it would be some time before significant shipments would leave Southern African ports. The northern regions are expected to pack around 5.8mn cartons this year, compared with last year’s shipments of 6mn 4kg cartons. In all other regions of South Africa, at this early stage of the season, growers are expected to increase their shipments marginally. The northern regions have undergone some changes recently, with planted vineyards having been removed. The es

In South Africa, grape producers are encountering decreased yields for export as a result of extreme weather conditions.

Sustainable Wine Roundtable (SWR) has completed the initial phase of a new benchmarking scheme which aims to evaluate the world’s various sustainability standards against a single set of criteria, Harpers can reveal. Today, the wine sector operates within a framework of around 40 sustainability standards globally. If smaller, niche certifications are considered, the number reaches nearly 70. With those numbers rising all the time, producers, distributors and retailers are facing increasing complexity when it comes to deciding how vineyards operate and wine is marketed. Putting forward its own answer to this complexity is SWR’s Global Reference Framework (GRF). Announced last year, the GRF is not looking to replace local standards but instead has begun to assess existing certifications by determining how well they align with a broader definition of sustainability and ensure transparency across the wine sector. Dr Peter Stanbury, research director at SWR, told Harpers: “At the end of